Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (12): 209-218.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2023-0407

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Control Ability and Identification of Biocontrol Agent HK11-9 Against Corynespora Leaf Spot of Cucumber

ZHANG Lin-lin1(), SHEN Hu-sheng1, YANG Bing1, HE Meng-han1, PIAO Feng-zhi2, SHEN Shun-shan1()   

  1. 1. College of Plant Protection, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002
    2. College of Horticulture, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450002
  • Received:2023-04-26 Online:2023-12-26 Published:2024-01-11
  • Contact: SHEN Shun-shan E-mail:1300376824@qq.com;shen0426@163.com

Abstract:

In order to explore the biocontrol ability of biocontrol agent HK11-9 against Corynespora leaf spot of cucumber, the antifungal activity of HK11-9 against Corynespora cassiicola were detected by in petri dishes experiments, the control effect of HK11-9 against Corynespora leaf spot of cucumber were detected by in vitro and in vivo inoculation experiments, the colonization ability of HK11-9 on cucumber leaves and its effect on the activities of defense enzymes were conducted by pot experiment, at the same time, the biological functions of HK11-9 was determined. The results showed that, HK11-9 significantly inhibited the mycelia growth and conidia germination of Corynespora cassiicola in the petri dishes experiment, HK11-9 presented significant control effect against Corynespora leaf spot of cucumber at the in vitro and in vivo inoculation experiment, the control efficiencies were 62.80% and 67.73% respectively. HK11-9 colonized stably in cucumber leaves, maintained a density of 104 CFU/g in cucumber leaves, and HK11-9 significantly improved the activities of defense enzymes in cucumber leaves. In addition, HK11-9 decomposed protein, cellulose and starch, produced siderophore, and HK11-9 demonstrated antifungal activity against a variety plant pathogenic fungi. Based on the morphological, physiological characteristics and 16S rRNA sequence analysis, the strain HK11-9 was identified as Paenibacillus polymyxa. In summary, the biocontrol agent HK11-9 has great potential to control Corynespora leaf spot of cucumber.

Key words: Corynespora leaf spot of cucumber, Paenibacillus polymyxa HK11-9, colonization density, activity of defense enzyme, identification, biological control