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Wanyi Zhang1,2,3, Jingjing Wang4,5, Peng Wu1,2,6
1Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin, 300308, China.
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Verticillium wilt is one of the most devastating diseases of cotton, yet effective biocontrol strains remain scarce. This study aimed to guide the selection of efficient biocontrol strains by comparing the microbiomes of healthy and diseased cotton plants. Our results revealed that Verticillium dahliae V991 (V991) significantly altered the bacterial and fungal communities in the cotton roots, rhizosphere soil and bulk soil. Compared to diseased cotton in the V991 inoculation group (D), both healthy cotton in the V991 inoculation group (H) and non-inoculated control cotton (C) suppressed Verticillium and Fusarium and enriched Bacilli, Clostridia, Archacosporales, Glomerales, unclassified Basidiomycota and unclassified Glomeromycota in the roots, enriched Burkholderiales in the rhizosphere soil, enriched Archaeosporales and Verrucomicrobiota in the bulk soil. A total of 20 strains with antagonism against V991 were screened, most isolated from roots of the C group. Bacillus amyloliquefaciens M9 (BM), isolated from rhizosphere soil, exhibited the strongest antifungal activity, while Bacillus cereus R19 (BR), isolated from root, showed weaker activity. Pot experiments demonstrated that application of BR and BM (109 CFU/mL) reduced disease incidence by 44.82% and 24.14%, respectively, compared to the control. Field experiments showed that BR reduced disease incidence by 88.46%, while BM achieved a 50.01% reduction. These findings confirm that comparative microbiome analysis is a powerful strategy for selecting highly effective biocontrol strains.
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