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Studies were conducted on the possible role of siderophores and iron nutrient status in the medium on the antagonism of different strains ofPseudomonas againstColletotrichum falcatum, which causes red rot disease in sugarcane. In iron deficient medium, most of the bacterial strains produced siderophores and exhibited strong antagonism againstC. falcatum. In field studies,Pseudomonas strains CHAO, EP1, KKM1 and VPT4 induced systemic resistance against red rot pathogen in disease susceptible cultivar. These strains were also effective in suppressing red rot disease development in sugarcane from the pathogen propagules surviving in the soil.
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Viswanathan, R., Samiyappan, R. Siderophores and iron nutrition on the pseudomonas mediated antagonism against colletotrichum falcatum in sugarcane. Sugar Tech 9, 57–60 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02956914
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