Use of cultivar resistance and crop rotation with Bacillus subtilis for clubroot control in canola
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2012-03-13
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Peng, G.
Lahlali, R.
Pageau, D.
Hwang, S.F.
Hynes, R.K.
Anderson, K.
McDonald, M.R.
Gossen, B.D.
Strelkov, S.E.
Turkington, K.T.
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This study was conducted to assess additional strategies potentially complimentary to cultivar
resistance or biocontrol in control of clubroot. New granular Bacillus subtilis formulations
and a seed dressing method were developed to facilitate biofungicide delivery in field trials.
The granular formulations were applied in furrow during seeding at 50 kg/ha to a clubroot
resistant (CR) and susceptible (CS) canola cultivar, respectively, in three field trials. The seed
dressing applied approximately 1×105 to 5×106 cfu/seed doses of the biocontrol agent, and
was evaluated on the CS cultivar seeded to different crop-rotation scenarios where the plots
had a 1-year, 3-year, or 11-year break from last canola crop. Clubroot disease pressure was
high at all trial sites with disease severity indexes (DSI) ranging from 69% to 98% on the CS
cultivar. None of the granular formulations reduced clubroot substantially, whereas the CR
cultivar showed a high effect, reducing DSI to below 15% and doubling the yield over that of
CS cultivar. Plots of varying rotation showed a pattern of clubroot pathogen pressure, with
those of 1-year break from canola being the highest. The DSI for all rotational scenarios was
high, reaching 100% in short-rotation plots. Biofungicide seed dressing did not reduce DSI,
but longer crop rotation often reduced gall size slightly, showed much milder above-ground
damage, and increased the yield significantly relative to short rotation in two separate trials.
Even a 3-year break from canola was highly beneficial, with the yield doubled as opposed to
that with only 1-year break from canola.
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Soils and Crops Workshop