Control of White Rot Caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in Strawberry Using Arbuscular Mycorrhizae and Plant-Growth-Promoting Bacteria

Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a phytopathogenic fungus that causes wilting and white rot in several species such as strawberry. The overuse of agrochemicals has caused environmental pollution plant resistance to phytopathogens. Inoculation crops with beneficial microorganisms arbuscular mycorrhizae (AM), plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR), their metabolites considered an alternative agrochemicals. B.halotolerans IcBac2.1 (BM) Bacillus TrujBac2.32 (B), native from Peruvian soils, produce antifungal compounds are (PGPR). B. halotolerans TrujBac2 or without G. intraradices mycorrhizal fungi (M) capable controlling S. disease strawberries. mycorrhiza alone decreases incidence well. Treatments chitosan (Ch), which used elicit defense responses against fungal pathogens, were for comparison, well non-inoculated plants (C). Co-inoculation bacteria increases shoot root biomass. Our results show the inoculation good biocontrols