Vol. 51 No. 3 (2012)
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Selection of halophilic bacteria for biological control of tomato gray mould caused by <em>Botrytis cinerea</em>

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  • Imane BERRADA,
  • Omar BENKHEMMAR,
  • Jean SWINGS,
  • Najib BENDAOU,
  • Mohamed AMAR
Imane BERRADA
Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Biologie Moléculaire, Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique- CNRST, Rabat,
Omar BENKHEMMAR
Laboratoire de phytopathologie - Faculté des Sciences-Université Mohammed V Agdal, Rabat,
Jean SWINGS
Laboratory of Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent,
Najib BENDAOU
Laboratoire de physiologie végétale et Biotechnologie– Faculté des Sciences -Université Mohammed V Agdal, Rabat,
Mohamed AMAR
Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Biologie Moléculaire, Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique- CNRST, Rabat,
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14601/Phytopathol_Mediterr-10627

Published 2012-11-02

Keywords

  • halophilic bacteria,
  • antifungal compounds

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I. BERRADA, O. BENKHEMMAR, J. SWINGS, N. BENDAOU, and M. AMAR, “/em>”;, Phytopathol. Mediterr., vol. 51, no. 3, pp. 625–630, Nov. 2012.
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Abstract

In Morocco, tomato gray mould caused by Botrytis cinerea Pers: Fr. is a serious threat for postharvest storage of tomatoes. Fifteen halophilic bacteria were evaluated for their antagonistic activity against B. cinerea: 11 Gram positive strains assigned to the genera Bacillus (9), Jeotgalibacillus (1) and Planococcus (1) and four Gram negative strains assigned to the genera Salinivibrio (1), Vibrio (2) and Photobacterium (1). In in vitro screening, 12 antifungal isolates secreted diffusible compounds, hydrolytic enzymes or volatile compounds. In vivo screening of the isolates, Bacillus safensis CCMM B582 and Bacillus oceanisediminis CCMM B584 showed permanent antagonistic activity on tomato fruits, with 100% inhibition of B. cinerea after 7 days. These two strains may offer potential for biological control of tomato gray mould.
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