Abstract:
Objective Control on maize stalk rot and effects on soil microbial communities by the addition ofPaenibacillus polymyxa in soil were studied.
Method On a peanut rotational cultivation field, composition and structure of the microbial communities in the soil were determined using the illumina MiSeq high-throughput sequencing technique to compare with those on the land incorporated with P. polymyxa NPDY05-8.
Result The disease control on the maize stalk rot by addition of NPDY05-8 in soil reached 90.92% in 2021 and 96.58% in 2022 as shown by the experiment. Those were significantly more effective than what was achieved by using chemical treatments. NPDY05-8 continued to present in soil after the colonization in a year (Y1) with an OTU of 1 096 and in 30-d (Y2) of 1 149, which were significantly higher than control (Y3) of 941. Meanwhile, the population of Gibberella at 4.15% in Y1 and 8.76% in Y2 were significantly lower than that in Y3 at 17.18%; and that of Fusarium at 0.80% in Y1 and 1.12% in Y2, significantly lower than that in Y3 at 2.17%.
Conclusion Addition of NPDY05-8 in maize field altered the microbial community in the soil that significantly provided a lasting control effect on the pathogenic fungi for maize farming.