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- Title
Integrated biological and chemical control of rice sheath blight by Bacillus subtilis NJ-18 and jinggangmycin.
- Authors
Peng, Di; Li, Shandong; Wang, Jianxin; Chen, Changjun; Zhou, Mingguo
- Abstract
BACKGROUND Sheath blight caused by Rhizoctonia solani Kühn is a major disease of rice that greatly reduces yield and grain quality and jinggangmycin is the most widely used fungicide to control this disease in China. Bacillus subtilis NJ-18 has broad antimicrobial activity to many phytopathogenic bacteria and fungi; it is especially effective against Rhizoctonia solani. Laboratory, greenhouse and field tests were conducted to determine the effect of combining the biological control agent Bacillus subtilis NJ-18 with the fungicide jinggangmycin for control of rice sheath blight. RESULTS Growth of NJ-18 in vitro was not affected by jinggangmycin. In a greenhouse experiment, disease control was greater with a mixture of NJ-18 and jinggangmycin than with either alone; a mixture of NJ-18 at 108 cfu mL−1 and jinggangmycin at 50 or 100 mg L−1 reduced lesion length by 35% and 20%, respectively, and the combinations showed a synergistic action. In three field trials, disease control was significantly greater with a mixture of NJ-18 at 108 cfu mL−1 and jinggangmycin at 75 or 150 g a.i. ha−1 than with either component alone. CONCLUSION The results of the study indicate that, when Bacillus subtilis NJ-18 strain was combined with jinggangmycin, there was an increased suppression of rice sheath blight, and thus could provide an alternative disease control option. © 2013 Society of Chemical Industry
- Subjects
BACILLUS subtilis; FUNGICIDES; RICE diseases &; pests; INTEGRATED control of agricultural pests; RICE sheath blight; PREVENTION
- Publication
Pest Management Science, 2014, Vol 70, Issue 2, p258
- ISSN
1526-498X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ps.3551