Abstract
Wheat is consumed worldwide, and 30% of its productivity is estimated to be lost due to pests and diseases, the most common of which are caused by fungi. These fungal pathogens can be transmitted from seed to harvested grain, reducing crop quality and productivity. Control strategies include the use of agrochemicals which can damage the environment; however, other alternatives include the application of biochar, which can have a beneficial effect on crops, as well as the use of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) that limit the development of pathogens. We evaluated the effect of biochar and six PGPR of the genera Bacillus and Serratia on the biological control of fungal diseases in wheat seeds and in the crop. It was observed that the six strains tested reduced the diameter of Alternaria, Chaetomium, Epicoccum, Fusarium, Geotrichum, and Parastagonospora, while biochar at 0.5% showed an antagonistic effect when supplemented with PGPR. Wheat seeds treated with biochar+Bacillus + Serratia significantly reduced the plant disease severity index and increased both grain health and crop yield.
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Claim · model-written summary
Six PGPR strains reduced the colony diameter of Alternaria, Chaetomium and Epicoccum.
- Taxon
- Triticum aestivum L.
Triticum aestivumt0 - Treatment
- six strains testede0
- Interactor
- Alternaria
Alternariae0pathogen - Second interactor
- Chaetomium
Chaetomiume0pathogen - Outcome
- diametere0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Qualifier
- Epicoccume0
Not reportedComparator
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t0“Triticum aestivum L.”
e0“the six strains tested reduced the diameter of Alternaria, Chaetomium, Epicoccum, Fusarium, Geotrichum, and Parastagonospora”
Claim · model-written summary
Six PGPR strains reduced the colony diameter of Fusarium, Geotrichum and Parastagonospora.
- Taxon
- Triticum aestivum L.Triticum aestivumt0
- Treatment
- six strains testede0
- Second interactor
- Geotrichum
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Geotrichume0pathogen - Outcome
- diametere0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Qualifier
- Parastagonosporae0
FusariumNot reportedComparator
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Verbatim
t0“Triticum aestivum L.”
e0“the six strains tested reduced the diameter of Alternaria, Chaetomium, Epicoccum, Fusarium, Geotrichum, and Parastagonospora”
Claim · model-written summary
Biochar at 0.5% showed an antagonistic effect against the fungi when supplemented with PGPR.
- Taxon
- Triticum aestivum L.Triticum aestivumt0
- Treatment
- biochar at 0.5%e0
- Outcome
- antagonistic effecte0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Triticum aestivum L.”
e0“biochar at 0.5% showed an antagonistic effect when supplemented with PGPR”
Claim · model-written summary
Wheat seeds treated with biochar plus Bacillus plus Serratia significantly reduced the plant disease severity index.
- Taxon
- WheatTriticum aestivume0
- Treatment
- biochar+Bacillus + Serratiae0
- Outcome
- plant disease severity indexe0
- Direction
- reducede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Wheat seeds treated with biochar+Bacillus + Serratia significantly reduced the plant disease severity index and increased both grain health and crop yield”
Claim · model-written summary
Wheat seeds treated with biochar plus Bacillus plus Serratia increased grain health and crop yield.
- Taxon
- WheatTriticum aestivume0
- Treatment
- biochar+Bacillus + Serratiae0
- Outcome
- grain health and crop yielde0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Wheat seeds treated with biochar+Bacillus + Serratia significantly reduced the plant disease severity index and increased both grain health and crop yield”
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