Direct antagonism and biocontrol of tomato soft rot using prokaryotesThis work aimed to evaluate prokaryotes to provide direct antagonism and biocontrol of tomato soft rot (Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum). Forty-five bacterial isolates previously selected for biological control of several tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) diseases were evaluated using an antibiosis test. 'Santa Clara' tomato seeds were inoculated with potential antagonist isolates and transplanted to a soil infested with the pathogen, in two asseys, at a propagule concentration of OD540 0.45 and 0.65. Antagonists UFV-0005, UFV-043, UFV-BF112, and UFV-0006 protected tomato plants against soft rot disease.
Lycopersicon esculentum; Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum; antibiosis; biological control; rhizobacteria
