Abstract
Fungal biological control of soybean cyst nematodes (SCN) is an important component of integrated pest management for soybean. However, very few fungal biological control agents are available in the market. In this study, we have screened fungi previously isolated from SCN cysts over 3 years from a long-term crop rotation field experiment for their ability to antagonize SCN using (i) parasitism, (ii) egg hatch inhibition, and (iii) J2 mortality. We evaluated egg parasitism using an in-vitro egg parasitism bioassays and scored parasitism using the egg parasitic index (EPI) and fluorescent microscopy. The ability of these fungi to produce metabolites causing egg hatch inhibition and J2 mortality was assessed in bioassays using filter-sterilized culture filtrates. We identified 10 high-performing isolates each for egg parasitism and toxicity toward SCN eggs and J2s and repeated the tests after storage for 1 year of cryopreservation at _80°C to validate the durability of biocontrol potential of the chosen 20 isolates. Although the parasitic ability changed slightly for the majority of strains after cryopreservation, they still scored 5/10 on EPI scales. There were no differences in the ability of fungi to produce antinemic metabolites after cryopreservation.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1388-1397 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Phytopathology |
Volume | 110 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 2020 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This research was supported by U.S. Department of Agriculture-National Institute of Food and Agriculture (grant number NIFA 2015-67013-23419) and three one-year grants from the Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council.
Funding Information:
Funding: This research was supported by U.S. Department of Agriculture-National Institute of Food and Agriculture (grant number NIFA 2015-67013-23419) and three one-year grants from the Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY 4.0 International license.
Keywords
- Biological control
- Bionematicide
- Disease control and pest management
- Fungi
- Heterodera glycines
- In vivo screening
- Mycobiome
- Nematodes
- Soybean cyst nematode
- Soybeans