Abstract
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) have potential to control soil-borne diseases including plant-parasitic nematodes. First, the effects of dual inoculation of mycorrhiza (Rhizophagus irregularis) and two stains of pseudomonads (Pseudomonas jessenii strain R62 and Pseudomonas synxantha strain R81) on tomato (Solanum lycopersicum cv. PT-3) growth were tested. Further, the physiological and biochemical changes caused by these beneficial organisms during infection by the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita were studied. The experiment was conducted under glass house conditions and carried out up to one month after nematode inoculation. Plants treated with dual or individual inoculation of AMF and PGPR showed significantly enhanced plant growth and reduced nematode infection. In addition, they exhibited potent activity of phenolics (28 %) and defensive enzymes i.e. peroxidase (PO; 1.26 fold), polyphenyloxidase (PPO; 1.35 fold) and superoxide dismutase (SOD; 1.09 fold) while a significant reduction in malondialdehyde (MDA; 1.63 fold) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2; 1.30 fold) content was recorded when compared to the nematode-infected plants. These findings indicate the feasibility of AMF and PGPR individually or in combinations as potential biocontrol agents for the management of root-knot nematodes.
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