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ABSTRACT
Bacteria were isolated from corn plants and efficacy of a selected isolate for control of corn stalk rot caused by Fusarium graminearum was evaluated. The bacterial isolate provided the greatest suppression of F. graminearum in lab studies and reduced corn stalk rot significantly in 2013 and 2014 field experiments.
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Funding
This study was funded by the Educational Commission Foundation of Heilongjiang Province of China under the project ‘Mechanisms affecting continuous cropping of corn and methods to control’ [12541013] and the National Science and Technology Pillar Program during the 12th Five-Year Plan Period under the project ‘Sanjiang plain scale agricultural circulation technology integration and demonstration’ [2012BAD14B06].