Roel Alejandro Chávez-Luzanía

Mr. Roel Alejandro Chávez-Luzanía


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Academic Career Length

3Years (2024-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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15 August 2024 in Horticulturae
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AMAmelia C. Montoya-Martinez
Amelia C. Montoya-Martinez
RCRoel Alejandro Chávez-Luzanía
Roel Alejandro Chávez-Luzanía
AMAna Isabel Olguín Martínez
Ana Isabel Olguín Martínez
ARAbraham Ruíz-Castrejón
Abraham Ruíz-Castrejón
JMJesús Daniel Moreno-Cárdenas
Jesús Daniel Moreno-Cárdenas
SVSergio de los Santos Villalobos
Sergio de los Santos Villalobos
Potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L.) represent an important food in the country’s gastronomy due to their cost, nutritional contribution, and versatility. However, many plant diseases such as the common scab—caused by Streptomyces species—reduce its yield and quality. This study aims to determine Streptomyces species being the causal agent of common scabs in a commercial potato field in the Yaqui Valley, Mexico, while identifying Bacillus strains as a biological control method to mitigate the impact of this disease under field conditions. Thus, three Streptomyces strains were selected from symptomatic samples, and then they were morphologically and molecularly (through sequencing recA and rpoB genes) identified as Streptomyces caniscabiei. After pathogenicity tests, the three strains were found to be pathogenic to potato tubers. In screening assays to identify biocontrol bacteria, strain TSO2T (Bacillus cabrialesii subsp. tritici) and TE3T_UV25 (Bacillus subtilis) had the best in vitro biocontrol effect against S. caniscabiei. Then, a field experiment (1 ha per treatment), under commercial conditions, was carried out to analyze the effectivity of these biocontrol bacteria to mitigate the common scabs on potato crops. After four months, the inoculation of this bacterial consortium decreased common scab incidence from 31% to 21% and increased the potato yield up to almost 5 tons/ha vs. the un-inoculated treatment. These findings demonstrate the effectiveness of the studied bacterial consortium as a potential biological control strategy to control common scabs of potato caused by Streptomyces caniscabiei, as well as increase the potato yield in the Yaqui Valley, Mexico.