Microbiome Management by Biological and Chemical Treatments in Maize Is Linked to Plant Health.

ABSTRACT: The targeted application of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) provides the key for a future sustainable agriculture with reduced pesticide application. PGPR interaction with the indigenous microbiota is poorly understood, but essential to develop reliable applications. Therefore, Stenotrophomonas rhizophila SPA-P69 was applied as a seed coating and in combination with a fungicide based on the active ingredients fludioxonil, metalaxyl-M, captan and ziram. The plant performances and rhizosphere compositions of treated and non-treated maize plants of two field trials were analyzed. Plant health was significantly increased by treatment; however, overall corn yield was not changed. By applying high-throughput amplicon sequencing of the 16S rRNA and the ITS genes, the bacterial and fun

SUBMITTER: Kusstatscher P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7599774 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature