Characterization and antagonistic properties of Streptomyces strains isolated from Saharan soils, and evaluation of their ability to control seedling blight of barley caused by Fusarium culmorum
Résumé
During a screening for potential plant disease control actinomycetes, a total of 133 strains were isolated from Saharan soil samples of seven Algerian regions by dilution technique on chitin-vitamins agar medium. Screening for antagonistic properties using streak assay method showed that 25% of isolates demonstrated strong activities against a wide range of plant pathogenic fungi. Due to their strong anti-Fusarium activities, six of these isolates were selected and subsequently related to Streptomyces species by polyphasic analysis. These isolates were evaluated for their biocontrol ability against Fusarium culmorum, a serious pathogenic fungus of cereals crops related to damping-off and seedling blight resulting in yield loss. Barley seeds were chosen as cereal plant model. Surface bacterized seeds with TW3, RI3 and TW2 strains expressed the highest performances and permit to reduce significantly both the disease occurrence on seedlings (62–76%) and the extent of seedling blight symptoms (over than 95%). However, a negative effect on plant establishment was observed for RI3 treatment.
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