<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p><italic>Pseudomonas fluorescens</italic> isolates Clinto 1R, Wayne 1R, and Wood 1R, which produce the antibiotic 2,4-diacetylphloro-glucinol (DAPG), can suppress soilborne diseases and promote plant growth. Consequently, these beneficial bacterial isolates were tested on watermelon plants for suppression of <italic>Meloidogyne incognita</italic> (root-knot nematode: RKN) and <italic>Fusarium oxysporum</italic> f. sp. <italic>niveum</italic> (Fon). In a greenhouse trial, Wayne 1R root dip suppressed numbers of RKN eggs per gram root on ‘Charleston Gray’ watermelon by 28.9%. However, in studies focused on ‘Sugar Baby’ watermelon, which is commercially grown in Maryland, a Wayne 1R root dip did not inhibit RKN reproduction or plant death caused by Fon. When all three isolates were applied as seed coats, plant stand in the greenhouse was reduced up to 60% in treatments that included Fon ± <italic>P. fluorescens</italic>, and eggs per gram root did not differ among treatments. In a microplot trial with Clinto 1R and Wayne 1R root dips, inoculation with <italic>P. fluorescens</italic> and/or Fon resulted in shorter vine lengths than treatment with either <italic>P. fluorescens</italic> isolate plus RKN. Root weights, galling indices, eggs per gram root, and second-stage juvenile (J2) numbers in soil were similar among all RKN-inoculated treatments, and fruit production was not affected by treatment. Plant death was high in all treatments. These studies demonstrated that the tested <italic>P. fluorescens</italic> isolates resulted in some inhibition of vine growth in the field, and were not effective for enhancing plant vigor or suppressing RKN or Fon on watermelon.</p></abstract>

Pseudomonas fluorescens isolates Clinto 1R, Wayne 1R, and Wood 1R, which produce the antibiotic 2,4-diacetylphloro-glucinol (DAPG), can suppress soilborne diseases and promote plant growth. Consequently, these beneficial bacterial isolates were tested on watermelon plants for suppression of Meloidogyne incognita (root-knot nematode: RKN) and Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. niveum (Fon). In a greenhouse trial, Wayne 1R root dip suppressed numbers of RKN eggs per gram root on ‘Charleston Gray’ watermelon by 28.9%. However, in studies focused on ‘Sugar Baby’ watermelon, which is commercially grown in Maryland, a Wayne 1R root dip did not inhibit RKN reproduction or plant death caused by Fon. When all three isolates were applied as seed coats, plant stand in the greenhouse was reduced up to 60% in treatments that included Fon ± P. fluorescens, and eggs per gram root did not differ among treatments. In a microplot trial with Clinto 1R and Wayne 1R root dips, inoculation with P. fluorescens and/or Fon resulted in shorter vine lengths than treatment with either P. fluorescens isolate plus RKN. Root weights, galling indices, eggs per gram root, and second-stage juvenile (J2) numbers in soil were similar among all RKN-inoculated treatments, and fruit production was not affected by treatment. Plant death was high in all treatments. These studies demonstrated that the tested P. fluorescens isolates resulted in some inhibition of vine growth in the field, and were not effective for enhancing plant vigor or suppressing RKN or Fon on watermelon.

Assessment of DAPG-producing <italic>Pseudomonas fluorescens</italic> for Management of <italic>Meloidogyne incognita</italic> and <italic>Fusarium oxysporum</italic> on Watermelon

Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC)-West

The Lower Eastern Shore Research and Education Center

Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center

Journal of Nematology

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Assessment of DAPG-producing  for Management of  and  on Watermelon

Pseudomonas fluorescens isolates Clinto 1R, Wayne 1R, and Wood 1R, which produce the antibiotic 2,4-diacetylphloro-glucinol (DAPG), can suppress soilborne...

Assessment of DAPG-producing Pseudomonas fluorescens for Management of Meloidogyne incognita and Fusarium oxysporum on Watermelon

Publicado en línea: 21 jul 2017

Páginas: 43 - 53

Recibido: 28 sept 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/jofnem-2017-008

Palabras clave
beneficial bacteria, biological control, var., DAPG, Fusarium wilt, management, root-knot nematode, watermelon

© 2016 Susan L. F. Meyer et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Assessment of DAPG-producing Pseudomonas fluorescens for Management of Meloidogyne incognita and Fusarium oxysporum on Watermelon

Publicado en línea: 21 jul 2017

Páginas: 43 - 53

Recibido: 28 sept 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/jofnem-2017-008

Palabras clavebeneficial bacteria, biological control, var., DAPG, Fusarium wilt, management, root-knot nematode, watermelon

© 2016 Susan L. F. Meyer et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Palabras clave
beneficial bacteria, biological control, var., DAPG, Fusarium wilt, management, root-knot nematode, watermelon