Dazomet application suppressed watermelon wilt by the altered soil microbial community.

ABSTRACT: Fusarium wilt disease causes severe decline of watermelon yield and quality. Researches have been reported that soil fumigation with dazomet can help control crop disease. Firstly, we discovered that the dazomet application suppressed watermelon wilt in field experiment compared to the control group. While the importance of microbial community in regulating plant health has been rising up, we therefore focused on examining the soil microbial diversity at six different sampling times after dazomet application by using Illumina MiSeq platform. Remarkably, our research results showed that some beneficial microbial genera have been altered, and these beneficial microbial genera have dominated the entire community, such as Nitrolancea, Pseudomonas and Penicillium after dazomet application. Inst

SUBMITTER: Zhu F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7730150 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature