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Soil actinomycetes as potential biofungicides

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Abstract

The biological control of fungal diseases in plants is considered an efficient and environmentally friendly alternative or supplement to fungicides. Soil antagonistic streptomycetes are particularly suitable for the biological control; they proved to be highly efficient in reducing the incidence of fungal pathogens. Streptomycetes isolated from the podzolic soils were evaluated for the biosuppression of fungal populations. Seventeen strains of streptomycetes (out of the total 279 isolates) were found to be strongly antagonistic to fungal pathogens in vitro and were selected for further experiments in situ. The full protection of plants against Fusarium spp. was obtained with the Streptomyces hygroscopicus strain K49.

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  1. Department of Soil Biology, Faculty of Soil Science, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119899, Russia

    E. A. Degtyareva & P. A. Kozhevin

  2. Department of Microbiology, Biological Faculty, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119899, Russia

    K. A. Vinogradova & A. V. Aleksandrova

  3. EM-Cooperation JSC, Moscow, Russia

    V. A. Filonenko

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Original Russian Text © E.A. Degtyareva, K.A. Vinogradova, A.V. Aleksandrova, V.A. Filonenko, P.A. Kozhevin, 2009, published in Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Pochvovedenie, 2009, No. 2, pp. 22–26.

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Degtyareva, E.A., Vinogradova, K.A., Aleksandrova, A.V. et al. Soil actinomycetes as potential biofungicides. Moscow Univ. Soil Sci. Bull. 64, 73–77 (2009). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0147687409020045

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