Bacillus isolates and methods of their use to protect against plant pathogens
Methods of inducing systemic acquired resistance to infection in a plant by applying a composition comprising a Bacillus control agent to said plant wherein said plant is capable of producing defense proteins.
1. A method of inducing disease resistance to infection in a plant, comprising applying a Bacillus control agent comprising Bacillus mycoides isolate BmJ having accession number NRRL B-30890 to the plant, wherein the plant is capable of producing defense proteins, and wherein the disease resistance is salicylic acid independent.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the disease resistance to infection is systemic acquired resistance.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the systemic acquired resistance is induced in the plant through a salicylic acid independent and jasmonic acid dependent pathway.
4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the systemic acquired resistance is induced by Bacillus mycoides isolate BmJ having accession number NRRL B-30890 in the plant through an NPR1 dependent pathway.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plant is a monocot.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the monocot is wheat.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plant is a dicot.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the dicot is selected from the group consisting of banana, cucurbit, pecan, geranium.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the infection is caused by a pathogen selected from the group consisting of bacteria, fungi, and viruses.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein pathogen is selected from the group consisting of Mycosphaerella fijiensis, Cladosporium caryigenum, Glomerella cingulata, Cercospora beticola, Pseudomonas syringe, Erwinia caratovora, Botrytis cinerea , and Fusarium solani f . sp, cucurbitae.