ANTAGONISTIC BACTERIA AGAINST SCHIZOPHYLLUM COMMUNE FR. IN PENINSULAR MALAYSIA

https://doi.org/10.11598/btb.2006.13.2.221

Authors

  • ANTARJO DIKIN
    tika@biotrop.org
    'Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia,, Indonesia
  • KAMARUZAMAN SIJAM Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor D.E, Malaysia, Indonesia
  • JUGAH KADIR Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor D.E, Malaysia, Indonesia
  • IDRIS ABU SEMAN Plant Pathology and Weed Science Group, Biological Research Division Malaysian Pa lm Oil Board, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, D.E. Malaysia, Malaysia
Vol. 13 No. 2 (2006)
Research Paper
November 24, 2011

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Schizophyllum commune Fr., is one of the important fungi, causes brown germ and seed rot of oil palm. Biodiversity of antagonistic bacteria from oil palm plantations in Peninsular Malaysia is expected to support in development of biopesticide. Isolation with liquid assay and screening antagonistic bacteria using dual culture assay were carried out in the bioexploration. A total of 265 bacterial isolates from plant parts of oil palm screened 52 antagonistic bacterial isolates against 5. commune. Bacterial isolates were identified by using Biolog* Identification System i.e. Bacillus macroccanus, B. thermoglucosidasius, Burkholderia cepacia, B. gladioli, B. multivorans, B pyrrocinia, B. spinosa, Corynebacterium agropyri, C. misitidis, Enterobacter aerogenes, Microbacterium testaceum, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, P. citronellolis, Rhodococcus rhodochrous, Serratia ficaria, Serratia sp., S. marcescens, Staphylococcus sciuri, Sternotrophomonas maltophilia.
Key words : Schizophyllum commune, biodiversity, antagonistic bacteria