Inducing the rhizosphere microbiome by biofertilizer application to suppress banana Fusarium wilt disease

• Published in: Soil biology & biochemistry Vol. 104; pp. 39 - 48
• Main Authors: Fu, Lin, Penton, C. Ryan, Ruan, Yunze, Shen, Zongzhuan, Xue, Chao, Li, Rong, Shen, Qirong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2017
• Subjects: Bacillus amyloliquefaciens; Banana Fusarium wilt; bananas; Biofertilizer; biofertilizers; biological control; biological control agents; Burkholderia; community structure; composts; crop production; disease control; Disease suppression; Dyadobacter; fungal communities; Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense; Fusarium wilt; microbiome; plantations; Ralstonia; Reclaimed field; rhizosphere; Rhizosphere microbiome; soil; soil bacteria; soil fungi; Sphingomonas; Biofertilizer; Banana Fusarium wilt; Reclaimed field; Disease suppression; Rhizosphere microbiome

Worldwide, banana production is severely hindered by Fusarium wilt, a devastating disease caused by the soil-borne fungus Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc). With no widely adopted efficient method of control or prevention, the emergence of a new Foc variant, tropical race 4 (Foc TR4), has led...