Pathogen Biocontrol Using Plant Growth-Promoting Bacteria (PGPR): Role of Bacterial Diversity
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Mechanisms of PGPR in Disease Suppression
2.1. Competitive Rhizosphere Colonization
2.2. Antibiosis
2.3. Enzyme Lysis
2.4. Induction of Systemic Resistance
2.5. Signal Interference
3. PGPR Mixtures in Disease Suppression
4. Limitations to PGPR Mixture
5. Critical Approaches towards Developing Successful PGPR Mixtures
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Mechanisms of Action | Host Plants | Diseases/Pathogens | Effective PGPR Inoculation | Trial Conditions | References |
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Competitive rhizosphere colonization + Antibiosis | |||||
Production of siderophores and antibiotics along with successful rhizotic zone colonization by these strains | Maize (Zea mays) | Root diseases (Fusarium moniliforme, F. graminearum and Macrophomina phaseolina) | Bacillus sp. MR-11(2) + Bacillus sp. MRF; Pseudomonas fluorescens sp. M23 + Bacillus sp. MRF | Pot | Pal et al., 2001 [33] |
Antibiosis + Enzyme lysis | |||||
Production of DAPG by P. fluorescens F113; production of extracellular proteolytic enzymes by S. maltophilia W81 | Sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) | Damping-off (Pythium spp.) | Pseudomonas fluorescens F113 + Stenotrophomonas maltophilia W81 | Pot and field | Dunne et al., 1998 [132] |
Competitive rhizosphere colonization + Induction of systemic resistance | |||||
Pseudobactin-mediated competition for iron for P. putida WCS358; induction of systemic resistance for RE8 | Radish (Raphanus sativus) | Fusarium wilt (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. raphani) | Pseudomonas putida WCS358 + P. putida RE8 | Pot | de Boer et al., 2003 [135] |
Competitive rhizosphere colonization + Enzyme lysis | |||||
Production of siderophore as well as chitinase and β-1,3-glucanase by both strains | Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum) | Fusarium wilt (Fusarium oxysporum) | Burkholderia sp. RHT8 + Burkholderia sp. RTH12 | In vitro and field | Kumar et al., 2017 [136] |
Competitive rhizosphere colonization + Antibiosis + Enzyme lysis | |||||
Siderophore production by R. leguminosarum RPN5; production of siderophore, HCN, chitinase, β-1,3-glucanase, β-1,4-glucanase by Bacillus sp. BPR7 and Pseudomonas sp. PPR8 | Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) | Macrophomina phaseolina, Fusarium oxysporum, F. solani, Rhizoctonia solani, Colletotrichum sp. and Sclerotinia sclerotiorum | Rhizobium leguminosarum RPN5 + Bacillus sp. BPR7 + Pseudomonas sp. PPR8 | Pot and field | Kumar et al., 2016 [137] |
Induction of systemic resistance | |||||
Induced systemic resistance by individual strains and their mixture | Mung bean (Vigna radiata) | Root rot and leaf blight (Macrophomina phaseolina) | Pseudomonas putida CRN-09 + Bacillus subtilis CRN-16 | Pot | Sharma et al., 2018 [110] |
Induced systemic resistance by B. cereus BS03 or P. aeruginosa RRLJ04, and the respective strain mixture | Pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) | Fusarial wilt (Fusarium udum) | Bacillus cereus BS03 + Rhizobium sp. RH2; Pseudomonas aeruginosa RRLJ04 + Rhizobium sp. RH2 | Pot | Dutta et al., 2008 [111] |
Induced systemic resistance by a mixture of individual strains | Arabidopsis thaliana | Downy mildew (Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis) | Xanthomonas sp. + Stenotrophomonas sp. + Microbacterium sp. | Pot | Berendsen et al., 2018 [112] |
Induced systemic resistance by individual strains or their mixture | Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum), pepper (Capsicum annuum) and cucumber (Cucumis sativus) | Southern blight (Sclerotium rolfsii) of tomato, anthracnose (Colletotrichum gloeosporioides) of pepper, and mosaic disease (Cucumber mosaic virus) of cucumber | Bacillus amyloliquefaciens IN937a + B. pumilus IN937b | Field | Jetiyanon et al., 2003 [133] |
Increased superoxide dismutase (SOD) and peroxidase (PO) activities due to systemic resistance induced by the Bacillus strain mixture | Tomato and pepper | Sclerotium rolfsii and Ralstonia solanacearum in tomato; S. rolfsii and Colletotrichum gloeosporioides in pepper | Bacillus amyloliquefaciens IN937a + B. pumilus IN937b | Pot | Jetiyanon 2007 [134] |
Induced systemic resistance by individual strains and their mixture | Rice (Oryza sativa) | Rice blast (Pyricularia oryzae) | Pseudomonas fluorescens Aur6 + Chryseobacterium balustinum Aur9 | Field | Lucas et al., 2009 [138] |
An increase in the enzyme activity including chitinase, β-1,3-glucanase, and polyphenol oxidase induced by both strains | Ginger (Zingiber officinale) | Rhizome rot (Fusarium solani and F. oxysporum) | Bacillus subtilis + Burkholderia cepacia | Pot and field | Shanmugam et al., 2013 [139] |
Signal interference | |||||
Degrading AHL by acylase and inhibiting biofilm formation | Ralstonia Solanacearum (single inoculation) | Pseudomonas aeruginosa 2apa | In vivo | Jayanna and Umesha, 2017 [120] |
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