TY  - JOUR
T1  - Screening of Lactic Acid Bacteria as Biocontrol Against (<I>Colletotrichum capsici</I>) on Chilli Bangi
AU - Abdul Kahar, Fredy Kesnawan Shan Bin AU - Hussain, Khaled M.A. AU - Mokhtar, Ahmed Mahir AU - Hassan, Zaiton AU - El-Mabrok, Asma Saleh W. 
JO  - Research Journal of Applied Sciences
VL  - 7
IS  - 9
SP  - 466
EP  - 473
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1815-932x
DO  - rjasci.2012.466.473
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjasci.2012.466.473
KW  - Chilli anthracnose
KW  -Colletotrichum capsici
KW  -lactic acid bacteria
KW  -infected seeds
KW  -germination percentage
AB  - Chilli (<em>Capsicum annuum L.</em>) is one of the major crops, vegetables grown 
in Malaysia and belongs to family Solanaceae. Pepper is suffering from many illnesses 
caused by fungi, bacteria and virus. The fungal disease is both seed and air borne 
and affect the germination of seeds and plant vital to a greater extent. Biological 
control by antagonistic microorganisms is widely recognized as a promising method 
for control plant diseases. This study reports the effectiveness of using Lactic 
Acid Bacteria (LAB) cultures or their supernatant as a biological control against 
anthracnose disease in chilli caused by fungus <em>Colletotrichum capsici</em>. 
From 324 lactic acid bacteria isolated from different sources, seven isolates 
showed good inhibition activity against <em>C. capsici</em> by Dual Overlay Method. 
The supernatant from LAB-C5 showed strong inhibition to fungal growth evaluated 
using microtitter plates. Seeds infected with<em> C. capsici</em> followed by 
treatment with LAB-C5 cells showed better seed germination rate than seed treated 
with supernatant. Fungi infected seeds fail to grow. The results indicate that 
LAB-C5 has potential to be used biological control against <em>C. capsici</em> 
to replace the use of chemical fungicide to treat chilli seeds.
ER  -