Maize stalk rot caused by Fusarium graminearum alters soil microbial composition and is directly inhibited by Bacillus siamensis isolated from rhizosphere soil.

ABSTRACT: Maize stalk rot caused by Fusarium graminearum can reduce the yield of maize and efficiency of mechanized harvesting. Besides, deoxynivalenol and zearalenone toxins produced by F. graminearum can also affect domestic animals and human health. As chemical fungicides are expensive and exert negative effects on the environment, the use of biological control agents has become attractive in recent years. In the present study, we collected rhizosphere soil with severe stalk rot disease (ZDD), the rhizosphere soil with disease-free near by the ZDD (ZDH), and measured rhizosphere microbial diversity and microbial taxonomic composition by amplicon sequencing targeting either bacteria or fungi. The results showed that Fusarium stalk rot caused by the Fusarium species amon

SUBMITTER: Zhang K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9630747 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature