Abstract
Verticillium wilt is a major disease of cotton that considerably decreases yield and crop quality. Soil microbial communities play an important role in plant health. Therefore, biocontrol bacteria that regulate microbial communities in rhizosphere soil can improve plant resistance to pathogens. Previously, the antagonistic strain Bacillus axarquiensis TUBP1 was screened and found to act against Verticillium dahliae with 43% biocontrol effect in cotton fields. We studied the effect of Bacillus axarquiensis TUBP1 with a green fluorescent protein (GFP) gene marker on the microbial community structure of cotton rhizosphere soil and cotton yield and quality. Cotton Verticillium wilt incidence, soil biochemical properties, and soil bacterial and fungal communities were analyzed. Results showed that bacterial and fungal abundance in cotton rhizosphere soil was temporarily changed after applying B. axarquiensis TUBP-315GFP. However, Bacillus significantly increased, whereas V. dahliae significantly decreased. The incidence of cotton Verticillium wilt after treatment with B. axarquiensis TUBP-315GFP was significantly lower and cotton production increased by 40.6%. Our findings indicated that the application of B. axarquiensis TUBP-315GFP can change microbial community structure of cotton rhizosphere soil, leading to a reduction in the incidence of cotton Verticillium wilt and increasing cotton yield.
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