Diversity and Biocontrol Potential of Endophytic Fungi and Bacteria Associated with Healthy Welsh Onion Leaves in Taiwan.

ABSTRACT: Foliar diseases caused by Stemphylium and Colletotrichum species are among the major biotic factors limiting Welsh onion production in Taiwan. Owing to concerns about the environment and the development of pathogen resistance to existing fungicides, biological control using endophytes is emerging as an eco-friendly alternative to chemical control. The aim of the present study was to isolate endophytes from healthy Welsh onion leaves and investigate their antagonistic potential against the major phytopathogenic fungi associated with Welsh onion plants in Taiwan. A total of 109 bacterial and 31 fungal strains were isolated from healthy Welsh onion leaves and assigned to 16 bacterial and nine fungal genera using morphological and molecular characterization based on DNA sequence

SUBMITTER: Wang JY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10386586 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature