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Application of Certain Bacterial Bioagents to Control Watermelon Mosaic Virus

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Plant Pathology

Abstract

Squash is an important vegetable crop in Egypt. Squash can be infected with many plant viruses; among these viruses Watermelon mosaic virus (WMV) is considered as the most prevalent one under Egypt conditions. Traditional methods to control WMV are not very useful. In the current study, six bacterial isolates (two isolates of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and one isolate from each B. velezensis, B. cereus, Brevundimonas diminuta, and Streptomyces enissocaesilis) were applied to squash plants as bioagents to control WMV in three different application methods (soil drench, seed treatment and foliar spray) during two consecutive seasons under greenhouse conditions. The results revealed that all 6 bacterial bioagents significantly reduced the disease severity of WMV either 3 or 6 weeks after inoculation. During the first season, the most efficient bioagents were B.cereus (B6) and Brevundimonas diminuta (B5). While the bioagents B. amyloliquefaciens (B1) and   Streptomyces enissocaesilis (B2) were the most efficient isolates to control WMV in the second season. Evidently, the application of bacterial isolate led to a significant increase in chlorophyll content in treated plants compared to infected control ones. These results proved that the application of bacterial bioagents can be a useful method to control WMV in squash plants.

DOI

10.21608/ajas.2024.316280.1396

Keywords

Bacterial bioagent, disease severity, Squash and Watermelon mosaic virus

Authors

First Name

Osama

Last Name

Abdalla

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

Email

oabdelhakm@yahoo.com

City

Assiut

Orcid

0000-0002-3254-9596

First Name

Alshimaa

Last Name

Hashem

MiddleName

F.

Affiliation

Molecular Biology Research and Studies Institute, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

Email

alshimaa.fathy148@gmail.com

City

Assiut

Orcid

-

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Hassan

MiddleName

I.

Affiliation

Department of Genetics, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

Email

m_hassan79@aun.edu.eg

City

Assiut

Orcid

0000-0001-6608-2369

First Name

Amer

Last Name

Mahmoud

MiddleName

F.

Affiliation

Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

Email

amermahmoud@aun.edu.eg

City

-

Orcid

0000-0003-0508-9940

Volume

55

Article Issue

4

Related Issue

51071

Issue Date

2024-10-01

Receive Date

2024-08-28

Publish Date

2024-10-15

Page Start

94

Page End

105

Print ISSN

1110-0486

Online ISSN

2356-9840

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https://ajas.journals.ekb.eg/article_389233.html

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389,233

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Original Article

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62

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Journal

Publication Title

Assiut Journal of Agricultural Sciences

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https://ajas.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Application of Certain Bacterial Bioagents to Control Watermelon Mosaic Virus

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Created At

23 Dec 2024