Biocontrol of the Potato Blackleg and Soft Rot Diseases Caused by Dickeya dianthicola | Zendy

Yannick Raoul Des Essarts | Zendy; Jérémy Cigna | Zendy; Angélique Quêtu-Laurent | Zendy; Aline Caron | Zendy; Euphrasie Munier | Zendy; Amélie Beury-Cirou | Zendy; Valérie Hélias | Zendy; Denis Faure | Zendy

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Biocontrol of the Potato Blackleg and Soft Rot Diseases Caused by Dickeya dianthicola

Author(s) -

Yannick Raoul Des Essarts,

Jérémy Cigna,

Angélique Quêtu-Laurent,

Aline Caron,

Euphrasie Munier,

Amélie Beury-Cirou,

Valérie Hélias,

Denis Faure

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

applied and environmental microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552

H-Index - 324

eISSN - 1070-6291

pISSN - 0099-2240

DOI - 10.1128/aem.02525-15

Subject(s) - blackleg , pectobacterium , biology , pseudomonas fluorescens , biological pest control , microbiology and biotechnology , pectobacterium carotovorum , pseudomonas , bacteria , pathogen , horticulture , genetics , brassica

Development of protection tools targeting Dickeya species is an important issue in the potato production. Here, we present the identification and the characterization of novel biocontrol agents. Successive screenings of 10,000 bacterial isolates led us to retain 58 strains that exhibited growth inhibition properties against several Dickeya sp. and/or Pectobacterium sp. pathogens. Most of them belonged to the Pseudomonas and Bacillus genera. In vitro assays revealed a fitness decrease of the tested Dickeya sp. and Pectobacterium sp. pathogens in the presence of the biocontrol agents. In addition, four independent greenhouse assays performed to evaluate the biocontrol bacteria effect on potato plants artificially contaminated with Dickeya dianthicola revealed that a mix of three biocontrol agents, namely, Pseudomonas putida PA14H7 and Pseudomonas fluorescens PA3G8 and PA4C2, repeatedly decreased the severity of blackleg symptoms as well as the transmission of D. dianthicola to the tuber progeny. This work highlights the use of a combination of biocontrol strains as a potential strategy to limit the soft rot and blackleg diseases caused by D. dianthicola on potato plants and tubers.

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