What is it about?
We developed a simple, rapid, and miniaturized bioassay for evaluating the efficacy of Hypovirulent Binucleate Rhizoctonia (HBNR) against Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. radicis lycopersici (FORL). The bioassays require only 12 - 18 days, which is at least 12 days less than the soil system employed by previous researchers
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Why is it important?
A major limiting factor in the development of biologicalcontrol strategies for different plant diseases is the formulation of efficient procedures for rapidly screening large numbers of organisms for biological control activity. While field screening should theoretically provide the best detection of efficient biocontrol strains, limitations of space, labor, cost, and optimal environmental conditions preclude the use of this type of screening strategy.
Perspectives
The results presented in this study establish that this rapid bioassay can also be effective to screen large numbers of microorganisms as biocontrol agents and plant resistance inducers. We expect that the bioassay used in this study could also be used as a rapid assay in pathogenicity testing of Fusarium Crown and Root Rot (FCRR).
A Muslim
Universitas Sriwijaya
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This page is a summary of: A Rapid Bioassay to Evaluate Efficacy of Hypovirulent Binucleate Rhizoctonia in Reducing Fusarium Crown and Root Rot of Tomato, The Open Agriculture Journal, March 2019, Bentham Science Publishers,
DOI: 10.2174/1874331501913010027.
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