ORIGINAL ARTICLE
The fungal strain and inoculation method mediate the endophytic activity of Beauveria bassiana and its impact on the growth of cucumber plants and the population of Liriomyza sativae
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Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Tishreen University, Latakia, Syria
A - Research concept and design; B - Collection and/or assembly of data; C - Data analysis and interpretation; D - Writing the article; E - Critical revision of the article; F - Final approval of article
Submission date: 2024-05-22
Acceptance date: 2024-06-24
Online publication date: 2025-03-07
Corresponding author
Lobna Rajab
Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Tishreen University, Latakia, Syria
Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Tishreen University, Latakia, Syria
HIGHLIGHTS
- Cucumber was inoculated with two B. bassiana strains via two application methods.
- B. bassiana colonized cucumber the tissues of all cucumber plant partsand promoted its growth in greenhouse.
- Endophytic B. bassiana could control the population of L. sativae on cucumber.
- These effects were fungal strain and inoculation method dependent.
- Application of the soil strain BS195 via root soaking gave the best results.
KEYWORDS
TOPICS
ABSTRACT
Endophytic Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo-Crivelli) Vuillemin can promote plant growth
and health and protect them against herbivores. Two endophytic strains of B. bassiana,
BS195 (isolated from soil) and BNE20 (isolated from cucumber), were used by foliar spray
and root soaking to evaluate B. bassiana ability to colonize cucumber plants and promote
their growth under stressful greenhouse conditions in two separate experiments, as well as
its efficacy against Liriomyza sativae Blanchard in a controlled setting. The results showed
that the effects significantly depended on the inoculation method and fungal strain. Both
B. bassiana strains colonized endophytically the tissues of all cucumber plant parts 30 days
post-inoculation, with root soaking being significantly better than foliar spray. The present
study showed that the application of B. bassiana BS195, mainly through root soaking, enhanced
many growth and health parameters, including plant height, root length, number
of leaves, leaf area, fresh and dry weight, the content of dry matter, and the total phenolic
content. Cucumber plant treatment with B. bassiana significantly reduced the infestation,
severity, number of pupae, and adult emergence of L. sativae after 35 and 51 days of adult
release with greater efficiency with the root soaking method. We conclude that introducing
B. bassiana through root soaking seems to be effective in stimulating plant growth, and can
be a promising technique in controlling L. sativae populations on cucumber plants.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors would like to thank and express their appreciation
to Prof. Dr. Hasan Sungur Civelek (Mugla
University, Turkey) for identifying the Liriomyza species.
They also would like to thank and express their
appreciation to Dr. Majd Darwish (Tishreen University,
Syria) for his help with the laboratory work.
RESPONSIBLE EDITOR
Jolanta Kowalska
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors have declared that no conflict of interests exist.
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