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Acta Prataculturae Sinica ›› 2020, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (2): 31-41.DOI: 10.11686/cyxb2019213

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Screening, identification as Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain HZ-6-3 and evaluation of inhibitory activity against tomato gray mold, of a bacterial isolate

JING Zhuo-qiong1,2, GUO Zhi-jie1,2,*, XU Sheng-jun1,2,*, HE Su-qin1,2   

  1. 1.Institute of Plant Protection, Gansu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730070, China;
    2.Scientific Observing and Experimental Station of Crop Pests in Tianshui, Ministry of Agriculture, Tianshui 741200, China
  • Received:2019-03-26 Revised:2019-07-16 Online:2020-02-20 Published:2020-02-20
  • Contact: E-mail: guozhijie@gsagr.ac.cn, xusj1001@aliyun.com

Abstract: Bacterial strains exhibiting antifungal activity against Botrytis cinerea, which causes tomato gray mold, were screened from endophytic bacterial strains isolated from tissue of Ginkgo biloba by dual culture. The strain HZ-6-3 showed strong antagonistic activity against B. cinerea with an inhibition efficiency of 79.06%. Based on cultural and morphological characterization, physiological and biochemical characteristics, 16S rRNA gene sequence and gyrA gene sequence, strain HZ-6-3 was identified as Bacillus amyloliquefaciens. The results of antimicrobial spectrum determination showed that strain HZ-6-3 inhibited the growth of eight plant pathogenic fungal species. It could produce proteinase, pectinase, β-1,3-glucanase and amylase. The strain HZ-6-3 exhibited a strong antagonistic activity, resulting in abnormal mycelial growth of pathogenic fungi, including twist, cell-expansion and bubble deformation structures. The efficiency of strain HZ-6-3 for prevention and control of gray mold in tomato plant was evaluated by pot experiment. An application of 1×108 CFU·mL-1 was highly effective against gray mold, and which showed a prevention efficiency of 81.12% and a control efficiency of 70.45%, respectively. These results indicate that B. amyloliquefaciens strain HZ-6-3 may have potential as biological control agent.

Key words: Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, Ginkgo biloba, endophytic bacteria, Botrytis cinerea, prevention and control efficiency