A Potential Application of Endophytic Bacteria in Strawberry Production

Endophytic bacteria could be used as a tool to promote plant growth, enhance abiotic stress tolerance, and inhibit pathogen growth. More than 100 bacteria, previously tested have biocontrol activity against fungal pathogens from our lab, were chosen for inhibition in vitro with antibiosis assays strawberry specific pathogens. Three potential endophytic the greenhouse disease reduction growth performance. Finally, field trials conducted fruit yield production. Our results showed that three significantly inhibited of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides identified Bacillus velezensis strains IALR308, IALR585, IALR619. Inoculation these reduced conditions infection. Field IALR619 has influence marketable when plants inoculated twice over growing season. All had ability produce auxin solubilize phosphate. The antibiotics surfactin iturin also detected IALR585 In conclusion, possible increase field.