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Table 2 Biological control by PGPR against diseases, pathogens and insects in different crops

From: Soil beneficial bacteria and their role in plant growth promotion: a review

PGPR

Crops

Disease/pathogen/insect

Reference

Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain 1 N 937a

Tomato

Tomato mottle virus

Murphy et al. (2000)

Bacillus subtilis 1 N 937b

Pseudomonas fluorescens and unidentified PGPR

Tobacco

Tobacco necrosis virus, wild fire (Ps. syringae, Pv. tabaci)

Park and Kloepper (2000)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bacillus subtilis

Mung bean

Root rot, root knot

Siddiqui et al. (2001)

Streptomyces marcescens 90-116, Bacillus pumilus

Tobacco

Blue mold

Zhang et al. (2003)

SE 34, Pseudomonas fluorescens 89B-61, Bacillus pumilus T4,

Bacillus pasteurii C-9

Pseudomonas sp

White clover Medicago

Blue green aphids Acyrthosiphon kondoi Shinji

Kempster et al. (2002)

Bacillus sp.

Cucumber

Cotton aphids Aphiz gossypii Glover

Stout et al. (2002)

Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain 1 N 937a

Pepper

Myzus persicae

Kokalis-Burelle et al. (2002b)

Bacillus subtilis G803

Pseudomonas sp.

Groundnut

Charcoal rot caused by Rhizoctonia bataticola

Gupta et al. (2002)

Azotobacter sp., Pseudomonas sp.

Wheat

Fungal biocontrol

Wachowaska (2004)

Bacillus licheniformis

Tomato, pepper

Myzus persicae

Lucas et al. (2004b)

Pseudomonas fluorescens

Pea nut

Collar rot caused by Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus flavus and stem rot caused by Sclerotium rolfsii

Dey et al. (2004)

Glomus mosseae, Bacillus subtilis, Pseudomonas fluorescens Trichoderma harzianum, Gliocladium catenalatum

Strawberry

Crown rot caused by Phytophothora cactorum and red steel caused by Phytophothora fragari

Vestberg et al. (2004)

Bacillus cereus MJ-1

Red pepper

Myzus persicae

Joo et al. (2005)

Paenibacillus polymyxa E681

Sesame

Fungal disease

Ryu et al. (2006)

Mesorhizobium loti MP6,

Mustard Brassica compestris

White rot Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

Chandra et al. (2007)

Bacillus amyloliquoefaciens, Bacillus subtilis

Bell pepper

Green peach aphids, Myzus persicae Sluzer

Herman et al. (2008)

Azospirillum brasilense Sp245

Prunus cerasifera L. clone Mr. 2/5

Rhizosphere fungi

Russo et al. (2008)

Rhizoctonia sp.

Bacillus cereus BS 03,

Pigeonpea

Fusarial wilt, Fusarium udum

Dutta et al. (2008)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa RRLJ04

Rhizobia

Pseudomonadaceae family.

Pea, entil and chickpea

Pythium sp.

Hynes et al. (2008)

Fusarium avenaceum

Rhizoctonia solani CKP7

Enterobacteriaceae family