Abstract
The root-lesion nematode Pratylenchus goodeyi is a common pest of banana in Kenya, which results in significant yield losses. An emerging option for the management of banana nematodes includes the use of endophytic fungi, which cause no damage to their hosts but often extend benefits, such as enhanced protection against various biotic and abiotic constraints. In the current study, non-pathogenic Fusarium oxysporum strains originating from banana ( Musa spp.) in Kenya (4MOC321 and 11SR23) and Uganda (V5w2) were evaluated for their efficacy against P. goodeyi in tissue culture-derived plantlets (cv. Giant Cavendish and cv. Grand Nain) in pots. Pratylenchus goodeyi densities were 47-60% lower in endophyte-inoculated relative to non-inoculated plants and root necrosis damage was reduced by >30%. Endophyte treatment had no effect on plant growth parameters compared with untreated control plants. The performance of the two Kenyan strains was equally effective as the positive control (V5w2), thus demonstrating their potential as nematode bio-control agents under Kenyan growing conditions.
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Claim · model-written summary
Endophyte inoculation lowered Pratylenchus goodeyi density by 47-60% in banana.
- Taxon
- bananat0
- Treatment
- endophyte-inoculatede0
- Interactor
- Pratylenchus goodeyiPratylenchus goodeyie0pest
- Second interactor
- Fusarium oxysporum
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Fusarium oxysporumt0biocontrol_agent - Outcome
- Pratylenchus goodeyi densitiese0
- Direction
- lowere0
- Value
- 47-60%e0
- Comparator
- non-inoculated plantse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e0“Pratylenchus goodeyi densities were 47-60% lower in endophyte-inoculated relative to non-inoculated plants”
t0“banana using Kenyan strains of endophytic Fusarium oxysporum”
Claim · model-written summary
Endophyte inoculation reduced banana root necrosis damage by more than 30%.
- Taxon
- bananat0
- Treatment
- endophyte-inoculatede0
- Interactor
- Pratylenchus goodeyiPratylenchus goodeyie0pest
- Second interactor
- Fusarium oxysporumFusarium oxysporumt0biocontrol_agent
- Outcome
- root necrosis damagee0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Value
- >30%e0
- Comparator
- non-inoculated plantse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Pratylenchus goodeyi densities were 47-60% lower in endophyte-inoculated relative to non-inoculated plants and root necrosis damage was reduced by >30%”
t0“lesion nematodes on banana using Kenyan strains of endophytic Fusarium oxysporum”
Claim · model-written summary
Endophyte treatment had no effect on banana growth parameters versus untreated controls.
- Taxon
- bananat0
- Treatment
- Endophyte treatmente0
- Interactor
- Fusarium oxysporumFusarium oxysporumt0symbiont
- Outcome
- plant growth parameterse0
- Direction
- no effecte0
- Comparator
- untreated control plantse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Endophyte treatment had no effect on plant growth parameters compared with untreated control plants”
t0“banana using Kenyan strains of endophytic Fusarium oxysporum”
Claim · model-written summary
The two Kenyan Fusarium strains performed as effectively as V5w2 against banana nematodes.
- Taxon
- bananat0
- Treatment
- two Kenyan strainse0
- Second interactor
- Fusarium oxysporumFusarium oxysporumt0biocontrol_agent
- Outcome
- equally effectivee0
- Direction
- equally effectivee0
- Comparator
- V5w2e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The performance of the two Kenyan strains was equally effective as the positive control (V5w2)”
t0“lesion nematodes on banana using Kenyan strains of endophytic Fusarium oxysporum”
Claim · model-written summary
The Kenyan strains have potential as nematode biocontrol agents under Kenyan growing conditions.
- Taxon
- bananat0
- Second interactor
- Fusarium oxysporumFusarium oxysporumt0biocontrol_agent
- Outcome
- potential as nematode bio-control agentse0
- Setting
- Kenyan growing conditionse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“demonstrating their potential as nematode bio-control agents under Kenyan growing conditions”
t0“lesion nematodes on banana using Kenyan strains of endophytic Fusarium oxysporum”
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