Minimal impacts on the wheat microbiome when Trichoderma gamsii T6085 is applied as a biocontrol agent to manage fusarium head blight disease.

ABSTRACT: Fusarium head blight (FHB) is a major fungal disease that causes severe yield and quality loss in wheat. Biological control can be integrated with other management strategies to control FHB. For this purpose, Trichoderma gamsii strain T6085 is a potential biocontrol agent to limit the infection of F. graminearum and F. culmorum in wheat. However, the possible impacts of T. gamsii T6085 on the broader microbiome associated with the wheat plant are not currently understood. Therefore, we identified bacteria and fungi associated with different wheat tissues, including assessment of their relative abundances and dynamics in response to the application of T6085 and over time, using amplicon sequencing. Residues of the prior year's wheat crop and the current year's wh

SUBMITTER: Alukumbura AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9539683 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature