Kishore, G.K. and Pande, S. (2007) Chitin-supplemented foliar application of chitinolytic Bacillus cereus reduces severity of Botrytis gray mold disease in chickpea under controlled conditions. Letters in Applied Microbiology, 44 (1). pp. 98-105.
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Aim: To identify and evaluate chitinolytic bacteria for control of Botrytis gray mold (BGM), a devastating disease in chickpea. Methods and Results: Two antifungal bacterial isolates, chitinolytic Bacillus cereus CRS 7 and nonchitinolytic Pseudomonas fluorescens CRS 31, from the rhizosphere of chickpea, were applied as a prophylactic foliar spray and evaluated for control of BGM. In a controlled environment, the two isolates reduced the severity of BGM on the susceptible cv. JG 62 to 6.0 and 5.6, respectively, compared with 9.0 in the control, measured on a 1-9 rating scale. Supplementation of the foliar application of CRS 7 with 0.5% and 1.0% colloidal chitin reduced BGM severity to 4.4 and 4.1 respectively, while chitin-supplemented application of CRS 31 was similar to CRS 31 applied alone. Partially purified 47-kDa chitinase from the cell-free culture filtrate of CRS 7 at 20 and 40 µg protein ml-1 (enzyme activity 3.1 units ml-1) inhibited the germination and lysed the conidia of Botrytis cinerea, and as a prophylactic foliar spray reduced BGM severity to 5.4 and 4.8, respectively. Conclusion: Chitin supplementation improved the biocontrol of the foliar disease BGM by chitinolytic bacterium. Disease control with partially purified chitinase of CRS 7 supported the major role of chitinolysis in improved control of BGM. Significance and Impact of the Study: Enhanced control of BGM by chitin-supplemented application of CRS 7 is of significant in view of the frequent inconsistency in biocontrol of foliar diseases. This study supports further attempts on chitinolysis-based biocontrol methods for foliar disease biocontrol.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Author Affiliation: | Department of Pathology, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru 502 324, India |
| Subjects: | Plant Protection > Pests Crop Improvement |
| Divisions: | Chickpea |
| Depositing User: | Mr B Krishnamurthy |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Nov 2010 22:33 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Jan 2011 20:05 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-765X.2006.02022.x... |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/640 |
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