What is it about?
We have developed an actinobacterium that can control fungal disease of wheat plants caused by Rhizoctonia. It is used by adding spores of actinobacterium to the wheat seed before sowing so that the inoculant, which was isolated from the inside of wheat roots, can colonise the root during germination We have analysed the changes that occur in the microflora within the root and the soil adjacent to the root (rhizosphere) over the life of the growing plant. The samples were plants growing in the field as well as in the field soil in a glasshouse.
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Why is it important?
It is important to understand what happens to the inoculant (which is effective in controlling disease caused by Rhizoctonia) during the life cycle of a wheat plant. Equally important is knowing the effect on the 'normal' microflora of the host plant so that it may be possible to manage this microbial community (microbiome) to work even more effectively..
Perspectives
A timely study as the tools are available to learn more about how the inoculants we develop have an impact on the the microbiome of the plant both in the field and glasshouse over the life cycle of the wheat plant.
Prof CHRISTOPHER M. M. FRANCO
Flinders University
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This page is a summary of: Decoding Wheat Endosphere–Rhizosphere Microbiomes in Rhizoctonia solani–Infested Soils Challenged by Streptomyces Biocontrol Agents, Frontiers in Plant Science, August 2019, Frontiers,
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01038.
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