Induction of resistance against rhizoctonia root rot of common bean [electronic resource].

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The effect of seed treatments of common bean plants (cv. Nebraska) with Bion, Salicylic Acid (SA) and Paenibacillus polymyxa on infection with Rhizoctonia solani under greenhouse and field conditions was investigated. In greenhouse experiment, all treatments decreased percentages of pre and post-emergence damping- off compared with control grown in infested soil by R. solani. The highest percentage of survival plants was achieved from treatment with Bion 5mM (80%) followed by each of Bion 3mM and SA 5mM (76.7%) compared with control (40.1%). Meantime, significant increases in the values of shoot length, shoot dry weight and root dry weight over the control treatment were achieved. Under field experiments during summer 2009 and 2010 growing seasons, all the tested treatments significantly increased the percentage of survived plants compared with the control. There were no significant differences between the treatments with Bion 3mM and fungicide (Rhizolex-T 3g/Kg seeds) 89.4% and 89.3 %, respectively compared with untreated control 67.9% calculated as means of the two seasons. Also, the treatments with salicylic acid and P. polymyxa were less effective regarding survival plants in 2009 and 2010 growing seasons. Keywords: Common bean, Rhizoctonia solani, Paenibacillus polymyxa, Bion, Salicylic acid, Rhizolex-T.

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