title: Combined use of the biocontrol bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens strain LRB3W1 with reduced fungicide application for the control of tomato Fusarium wilt.
abstract: Pseudomonas fluorescens strain LRB3W1 inhibited the mycelial growth of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici and suppressed the Fusarium wilt of tomato. The chemical fungicide, benomyl, did not suppress the disease incidence at low concentrations. However, the disease incidence was decreased by the combined application of benomyl at low concentrations with strain LRB3W1. Combined application of benomyl with the bacterium was more effective than treatment with the bacterium alone. The survival of strain LRB3W1 was not influenced by the presence of benomyl. This combined use of the biocontrol bacterium, strain LRB3W1, and a fungicide, benomyl, should be an attractive approach for suppressing tomato wilt.
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, 3-1-3 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8604, Japan. someyan@affrc.go.jp
authors.forename: Nobutaka
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Someya
authors.forename: Kenichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsuchiya
authors.forename: Takanobu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Masako T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Noguchi
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sawada
mesh_terms: D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005670:Fusarium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D018551:Solanum lycopersicum / Q000382:microbiology*; D010572:Pest Control, Biological; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D011551:Pseudomonas fluorescens / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents