Efficient colonization and harpins mediated enhancement in growth and biocontrol of wilt disease in tomato by <i>Bacillus subtilis</i>

Abstract

Bacillus subtilis and harpins are biological control agents with respective advantages. In this study, combinations of the both were applied to tomato in the form of hpaGX ooc -expressing B. subtilis, showed much better effects on resistance to wilt disease, and equivalent effects on plant growth promotion compared with the progenitor strain have a great potential in agricultural use.