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Induction of resistance in tomato against cucumber mosaic cucumovirus by plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria

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Studies were done to evaluate specific strains of plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) for induced resistance against cucumber mosaic cucumovirus(CMV) in tomato. In greenhouse experiments where plants were challenged by mechanical inoculation of CMV, the percentage of symptomatic plants in the most effective PGPR treatments ranged from 32 to 58%,compared with 88 to 98% in the nonbacterized, challenged disease control treatment. Field experiments were conducted in 1996 and 1997 to evaluate 4 PGPR strain treatments based on superior performance in the greenhouse studies. In the 1996field experiment, tomato plants treated with 3 PGPR strains exhibited a significantly lower incidence of CMV infection and significantly higher yields, compared with nonbacterized, CMV-challenged controls. In 1997, the overall percentages of plants infected with CMV in the control and PGPR treatments was higher than in 1996. CMV symptom development was significantly reduced on PGPR-treated plants in 1997compared with the control, but the percentage of infected plants and tomato yields were not significantly different among treatments. These results suggest that PGPR-mediated induced resistance against CMV infection following mechanical inoculation onto tomato can be maintained under field conditions.

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  1. Department of Entomology, Auburn University, 206 Extension Hall, Alabama, 36849, USA

    Geoffrey W. Zehnder

  2. Department of Entomology, Auburn University, 206 Extension Hall, Alabama, 36849, USA

    Changbin Yao

  3. Department of Plant Pathology, Auburn University, Alabama, 36849, USA

    John F. Murphy, Edward R. Sikora & Joseph W. Kloepper

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Zehnder, G.W., Yao, C., Murphy, J.F. et al. Induction of resistance in tomato against cucumber mosaic cucumovirus by plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria. BioControl 45, 127–137 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009923702103

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