Quantification of the potential biocontrol and direct plant growth promotion abilities based on multiple biological traits distinguish different groups of Pseudomonas spp. isolates》.pdf

Biological Control 90 (2015) 173–186 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Biological Control journal homepage: www.else /locate/ybcon Quantification of the potential biocontrol and direct plant growth promotion abilities based on multiple biological traits distinguish different groups of Pseudomonas spp. isolates q Betina C. Agaras a,⇑, Mercedes Scandiani b, Alicia Luque b, Leticia Fernández c, Florencia Farina a, Marcelo Carmona d, Marcela Gally d, Ana Romero d, Luis Wall a, Claudio Valverde a a Laboratorio de Bioquímica, Microbiología e Interacciones Biológicas en el Suelo, Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina b Centro de Referencia de Micología, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina c Departamento de Agronomía, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Buenos Aires, Argentina d Cátedra de Fitopatología, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina h i g h l i g h t s g r a p h i c a l a b s t r a c t Nineteen pseudomonads with antifungal activity were isolated and characterized. Antagonism against 12 fungi and multiple promotion traits were quantified. PCA clustered isolates into two groups: biocontrol and direct promotion potentials. Novel indexes could help to classify native isolates by their potential as PGPR. Results suggest biocontrol and direct promotion traits do not converge in same strains. a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Members of the Pseudomonas genus colo