Strains of Bacillus ssp. regulate wheat resistance to Septoria nodorum Berk.
The ability of Bacillus subtilis Cohn and Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner to induce systemic resistance in wheat plants to the casual agent of Septoria nodorum Berk. blotch has been studied. It has been shown that strains of Bacillus ssp. that possess the capacity for endophytic survival have antagonistic activity against this pathogen in vitro. A reduction of the degree of Septoria nodorum blotch development on wheat leaves under the influence of Bacillus spp. was accompanied by the suppression of catalase activity, an increase in peroxidase activity and H2O2 content, and expression of defence related genes such us PR 1, PR 6, and PR 9. It has been shown that B. subtilis 26 D induces expression levels of wheat pathogenesis related (PR) genes which marks a SA dependent pathway of sustainable development and that B. thuringiensis V 5689 and V 6066 induces a JA/ET dependent pathway. These results suggest that these strain Bacillus spp. promotes the formation of wheat plant resistance to S. nodorum through systemic activation of the plant defense system. The designed bacterial consortium formed a complex biological response in wheat plants infected phytopathogen.
Applied Biochemistry and Microbiology