The Joint Toxicity of Biocontrol Bacillus and Fungicides Against Alternaria mali
[Objective]This study aims to provide a novel synergistic combination for the control of apple alternaria blotch.[Method]The biocontrol bacteria were screened by confrontation culture method,the chemical fungicides were screened by mycelial growth rate method,and the compound ratio of bacteria and drugs was determined by Horsfall method.[Result](1)The 7 chemical fungicides had strong inhibitory activity against the pathogen.Among them,tebuco-nazole,difenoconazole and propiconazole had the best inhibitory effect on the pathogen,with EC50 values of 0.21,0.30 and 0.81 µg/mL,respectively,followed by pyraclostrobin,mancozeb and azoxystrobin.Carbendazim had the poorest an-tifungal effect,with EC50 of 15.03 µg/mL.(2)Bacillus amyloliquefaciens SJ1606 had the best antibacterial effect among the three Bacillus strains,and the EC50 of the fermentation supernatant and the crude extracts of the fermentation super-natant were 2.38 µL/mL and 0.53 µL/mL,respectively.(3)The combinations of the crude extracts and mancozeb,pyra-clostrobin showed synergistic effects,and the volume ratios of 6:4 and 7:3 reached the maximum toxicity ratios,which were 1.39 and 1.41,respectively.[Conclusion]This study can provide basic data support for the update of control mea-sures of apple alternaria blotch and reduction of chemical fungicides.
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