Comparative performances of beneficial microorganisms on the induction of durum wheat tolerance to fusarium head blight

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Durum wheat production is seriously threatened by Fusarium head blight (FHB) attacks in Tunisia, and the seed coating by bio-agents is a great alternative for chemical disease control. This study focuses on evaluating, under field conditions, the effect of seed coating with Trichoderma harzianum, Meyerozyma guilliermondii and their combination on (i) FHB severity, durum wheat grain yield and TKW in three crop seasons, and (ii) on physiological parameters and the carbon and nitrogen content and isotope composition in leaves and grains of durum wheat. The results indicated that the treatments were effective in reducing FHB severity by 30 to 70% and increasing grain yield with an increased rate ranging from 25 to 68%, compared to the inoculated control. The impact of treatments on grain yield improvement was associated with higher NDVI and chlorophyll content and lower canopy temperature. Furthermore, the treatments mitigated the FHB adverse effects on N and C metabolism by resulting in a higher δ13 Cgrain (13 C/12 Cgrain) and δ15 Ngrain (15 N/14 Ngrain). Overall, the combination outperformed the other seed treatments by producing the highest grain yield and TKW. The high potency of seed coating with the combination suggests that the two microorganisms have synergetic or complementary impacts on wheat.

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Kthiri, Z., Ben Jabeur, M., Harbaoui, K., Karmous, C., Chamekh, Z., Chairi, F., … Hamada, W. (2021). Comparative performances of beneficial microorganisms on the induction of durum wheat tolerance to fusarium head blight. Microorganisms, 9(12). https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9122410

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