Hernández-Castillo FD1, RH Lira-Saldivar2, G Gallegos-Morales1, M Hernández-Suárez1, S Solis-Gaona2
Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol.83, pp. 49-55, 2014, DOI:10.32604/phyton.2014.83.049
Abstract One of the most severe phytosanitary problems that face chili pepper producers in Mexico, and in many other parts of the world, is the disease known as "secadera" or wilting, caused by diverse pathogens. These patogens are mainly controlled with synthetic pesticides, thus causing a severe ecological impact, toxicity to humans, generation of plant resistance to fungicides, and increments of production costs. Because of this, it rises the need of finding more environmentally friendly options. We evaluated rhizospheric bacteria as a possible biological control of pepper wilt. We used three bacterial strains belonging to the Bacillus More >