Strain of Streptomyces for controlling plant diseases

Details Strain of Streptomyces for controlling plant diseases Strain of Streptomyces for controlling plant diseases

2000-09-27

2003-02-25

Prats, Francisco (Department: 1651)

Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions

Whole live micro-organism, cell, or virus containing

Bacteria or actinomycetales

C424S404000, C424S780000, C435S253400, C435S886000, C504S117000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06524577

ABSTRACT:

FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is in the field of biopesticides.
BACKGROUND
For a number of years, it has been known that various microorganisms exhibit biological activity so as to be useful to control plant diseases. Although progress has been made in the field of identifying and developing biological pesticides for controlling various plant diseases of agronomic and horticultural importance, most of the pesticides in use are still synthetic compounds. Many of these chemical fungicides are classified as carcinogens by the EPA and are toxic to wildlife and other non-target species. In addition, pathogens may develop resistance to chemical pesticides (Schwinn et al., 1991).
Biological control offers an attractive alternative to synthetic chemical fungicides. Biopesticides (living organisms and the compounds naturally produced by these organisms) can be safer, more biodegradable, and less expensive to develop.
The actinomycetes, including the streptomycetes, are known producers of antifungal metabolites (Lechavalier and Waksman, 1962; Lechavalier, 1988). Several actinomycete-produced antibiotics are routinely used in an agricultural setting such as streptomycin and terramycin for fire blight control.
Streptomycetes have demonstrated both in vitro and in vivo activity against plant pathogens. Axelrood et al. (1996) isolated 298 actinomycetes from Douglas-fir roots.
Approximately 30% of these strains demonstrated antifungal activity against Fusarium, Cylindrocarpon, and/or Pythium in vitro. Yuan and Crawford (1995) reported that
Streptomyces lydicus
WYEC108 showed both strong in vitro antifungal activity and inhibition of Pythium root rot in pot tests with pea or cotton seed. Reddi and Rao (1971) controlled Pythium damping-off in tomatoes and Fusarium wilt of cotton with
Streptomyces ambofaciens
. Rhizoctonia root rot was controlled by
Streptomyces hygroscopicus
var.
geldanus
(Rothrock and Gottlieb, 1984). These authors reported that the control was dependent on the in situ geldanamycin concentration produced by this strain. The same authors also saw protection of soybeans from
Phytophthora megasperma
var.
sojae
by
Streptomyces herbaricolor
and
Streptomyces coeruleofuscus
(1984). Chamberlain and Crawford (1999) saw in vitro and in vivo antagonism of turfgrass fungal pathogens by
S. hygroscopicus
strain YCED9. Crawford (1996) patented the use of this strain to control plant pathogens in U.S. Pat. No. 5,527,526. Suh (1998) patented 2 Streptomyces sp. that were active against
Rhizoctonia solani
and
Phytophthora capsici
. A
Streptomyces griseoviridis
product against Fusarium spp. and other soil pathogens is on the market as Mycostop™.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
A novel antibiotic-producing Streptomyces sp. is provided that exhibits antifungal activity only on certain specific plant pathogens. Also provided is a method of treating or protecting plants from fungal infections comprising applying an effective amount of an antibiotic-producing Streptomyces sp. having all the identifying characteristics of NRRL Accession number B-30145. The invention also relates to fungicidal compositions comprising this novel Streptomyces strain and the antibiotics and metabolites produced by this strain either alone, or in combination with other chemical and biological pesticides.
The antibiotic-producing Streptomyces sp. can be provided as a suspension in a whole broth culture or as an antibiotic-containing supernatant obtained from a whole broth culture of an antibiotic-producing Streptomyces sp. Also provided is a novel butanol-soluble antibiotic that exhibits specific antifungal activity.


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