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Microorganisms. 2020 Mar 31;8(4). doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8040496.

The Effect of Biochars and Endophytic Bacteria on Growth and Root Rot Disease Incidence of .

Microorganisms

Dilfuza Egamberdieva, Vyacheslav Shurigin, Burak Alaylar, Hua Ma, Marina E H Müller, Stephan Wirth, Moritz Reckling, Sonoko Dorothea Bellingrath-Kimura

Affiliations

  1. Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), 15374 Müncheberg, Germany.
  2. Faculty of Biology, National University of Uzbekistan, Tashkent 100174, Uzbekistan.
  3. Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Agri Ibrahim Cecen University, 04100 Agri, Turkey.
  4. Faculty of Life Science, Humboldt University of Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany.

PMID: 32244470 PMCID: PMC7232306 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8040496

Abstract

The effects of biochar on plant growth vary depending on the applied biochar type, study site environmental conditions, microbial species, and plant-microbial interactions. The objectives of the present study were therefore to assess 1) the response of growth parameters of lupin and root disease incidence to the application of three biochar types in a loamy sandy soil, and 2) the role of endophytic bacteria in biological control of root rot disease incidence in lupin after the amendment of soil with different biochar types. As biochar types we tested (i) hydrochar (HTC) from maize silage, (ii) pyrolysis char from maize (MBC), and (iii) pyrolysis char from wood (WBC) at three different concentrations (1%, 2%, and 3% of char as soil amendments). There were no significant effects in lupin shoot and root growth in soils amended with WBC at any of the concentrations. MBC did not affect plant growth except for root dry weight at 2% MBC. HTC char at 2% concentration, significantly increased the root dry weight of lupin by 54-75%, and shoot dry weight by 21-25%. Lupin plants grown in soil amended with 2% and 3% WBC and MBC chars showed 40-50% and 10-20% disease symptoms, respectively. Plants grown in soil without biochar and with HTC char were healthy, and no disease incidence occurred.

Keywords: Fusarium; biochar; biological control; legumes; lupin; root rot

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