Evaluation of Bacillus subtilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Pseudomonas fluorescens as biological control agent of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Cubense

In Malaysia, bananas are the second most important fruit crop and ranked as the 29th top world producer. However, production and export has declined mainly due to disease caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc) especially on bananas of type Cavendish. The disease is known as Panama disease...

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Main Author: Hassan, Iznee Rehanna
Format: Project Paper Report
Language:English
Published: 2016
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/91541/
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description In Malaysia, bananas are the second most important fruit crop and ranked as the 29th top world producer. However, production and export has declined mainly due to disease caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc) especially on bananas of type Cavendish. The disease is known as Panama disease. Up to today, there is no definite solution towards Panama disease. Present methods are only able to delay the detrimental effect of Foc. The demand of organic food production by consumers is also increasing. These justifications lead to finding alternative method which is biological control. The objectives of this research were to determine the most effective bacterium as biological control agent of F. oxysporum f. sp. cubense and to identify presence of metabolites production of the bacteria that suppress Foc growth. Three different bacteria namely Pseudomonas fluorescens (UMB20), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (KMB25) and Bacillus subtilis (B40) strain were tested against Foc in PDA medium. The antagonistic metabolite production was evaluated using two different methods; double plate method and culture filtrate. The experimental design was completely randomized design and the treatment was replicated five times. Percentage inhibition of radial growth (PIRG), fungal radial growth and spore production were measured and enumerated for each treatment and compared to determine the most effective bacterium. The results from this experiment show that P. aeruginosa gave the highest PIRG of the Foc (27.86%) compared to the other two bacteria. B. subtilis and P. fluorescens gave PIRG of 9.274 and 26.01% respectively. The non-volatile metabolites showed more suppressive effect than volatile metabolites with PIRG of 76.53, 35.442 and 20.81% by P. aeruginosa, B. subtilis and P. fluorescens respectively.
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spelling upm-915412021-11-29T01:27:07Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/91541/ Evaluation of Bacillus subtilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Pseudomonas fluorescens as biological control agent of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Cubense Hassan, Iznee Rehanna In Malaysia, bananas are the second most important fruit crop and ranked as the 29th top world producer. However, production and export has declined mainly due to disease caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc) especially on bananas of type Cavendish. The disease is known as Panama disease. Up to today, there is no definite solution towards Panama disease. Present methods are only able to delay the detrimental effect of Foc. The demand of organic food production by consumers is also increasing. These justifications lead to finding alternative method which is biological control. The objectives of this research were to determine the most effective bacterium as biological control agent of F. oxysporum f. sp. cubense and to identify presence of metabolites production of the bacteria that suppress Foc growth. Three different bacteria namely Pseudomonas fluorescens (UMB20), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (KMB25) and Bacillus subtilis (B40) strain were tested against Foc in PDA medium. The antagonistic metabolite production was evaluated using two different methods; double plate method and culture filtrate. The experimental design was completely randomized design and the treatment was replicated five times. Percentage inhibition of radial growth (PIRG), fungal radial growth and spore production were measured and enumerated for each treatment and compared to determine the most effective bacterium. The results from this experiment show that P. aeruginosa gave the highest PIRG of the Foc (27.86%) compared to the other two bacteria. B. subtilis and P. fluorescens gave PIRG of 9.274 and 26.01% respectively. The non-volatile metabolites showed more suppressive effect than volatile metabolites with PIRG of 76.53, 35.442 and 20.81% by P. aeruginosa, B. subtilis and P. fluorescens respectively. 2016 Project Paper Report NonPeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/91541/1/FP%202016%2024%20-%20IR.pdf Hassan, Iznee Rehanna (2016) Evaluation of Bacillus subtilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Pseudomonas fluorescens as biological control agent of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Cubense. [Project Paper Report]
spellingShingle Hassan, Iznee Rehanna
Evaluation of Bacillus subtilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Pseudomonas fluorescens as biological control agent of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Cubense
title Evaluation of Bacillus subtilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Pseudomonas fluorescens as biological control agent of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Cubense
title_full Evaluation of Bacillus subtilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Pseudomonas fluorescens as biological control agent of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Cubense
title_fullStr Evaluation of Bacillus subtilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Pseudomonas fluorescens as biological control agent of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Cubense
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of Bacillus subtilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Pseudomonas fluorescens as biological control agent of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Cubense
title_short Evaluation of Bacillus subtilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Pseudomonas fluorescens as biological control agent of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Cubense
title_sort evaluation of bacillus subtilis, pseudomonas aeruginosa and pseudomonas fluorescens as biological control agent of fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/91541/
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