Effect of biologically active TotalHumus® and Bacterbase on the growth ex vitro of strawberry, blueberry and hip rose microcuttings

Katarzyna Mynett

Department of Applied Biology, The National Institute of Horticultural Research, Skierniewice, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0585-5406

Małgorzata Podwyszyńska

Department of Applied Biology, The National Institute of Horticultural Research, Skierniewice, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3005-4053

Edyta Derkowska

Department of Microbiology, The National Institute of Horticultural Research, Skierniewice, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4108-336X

Krzysztof Górnik

Department of Microbiology, The National Institute of Horticultural Research, Skierniewice, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6612-6779

Lidia Sas-Paszt

Department of Microbiology, The National Institute of Horticultural Research, Skierniewice, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4076-4032

Agnieszka Wojtania

Department of Applied Biology, The National Institute of Horticultural Research, Skierniewice, Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1092-1850


Abstract

One of the key steps in plant micropropagation is rooting and acclimatization of microcuttings. The aim of the study was to investigate the suitability of commercial biopreparations, TotalHumus® and Bacterbase, to stimulate the growth of young fruit plants derived from in vitro propagation. TotalHumus® is made from brown coal. Bacterbase is a bacterial preparation containing Bacillus velezensis and Bacillus amyloliqefaciens (Skierniewickie Microorganisms) with antifungal properties that stimulates the growth and yielding of plants. Unrooted microshoots of strawberry ‘Grandarosaʼ and highbush blueberry ‘Chandlerʼ, and rooted in vitro microcuttings of hip rose ‘Konstancinʼ were planted in a peat substrate. Three weeks after planting ex vitro, the plants were treated with the biopreparations. Four times, at two-week intervals, the plants were drenched and simultaneously sprayed with mineral fertilizer 0.2% Hydrovit (control), 0.04% TotalHumus® and 0.03% Bacterbase, which were used separately or in combinations. In hip rose and strawberry, compared to the control, similar or better growth parameters of shoots and roots were observed after the use of TotalHumus® and/or Bacterbase. The plants were characterized by the highest fresh weight, longer shoots/runners and more shoots than in the control (mineral fertilization). In strawberry, root parameters were significantly improved by TotalHumus®, and in rose by Bacterbase. The use of both TotalHumus® and Bacterbase separately or in combination significantly reduced the occurrence of symptoms of rose leaf infection with powdery mildew. The biopreparations had no effect on highbush blueberry.

Keywords:

biologically active preparations, ex vitro acclimatisation, Fragaria × ananassa, Vaccinium corymbosum, Rosa rugosa × R. beggeriana

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Katarzyna Mynett 
Department of Applied Biology, The National Institute of Horticultural Research, Skierniewice, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0585-5406
Małgorzata Podwyszyńska 
Department of Applied Biology, The National Institute of Horticultural Research, Skierniewice, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3005-4053
Edyta Derkowska 
Department of Microbiology, The National Institute of Horticultural Research, Skierniewice, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4108-336X
Krzysztof Górnik 
Department of Microbiology, The National Institute of Horticultural Research, Skierniewice, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6612-6779
Lidia Sas-Paszt 
Department of Microbiology, The National Institute of Horticultural Research, Skierniewice, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4076-4032
Agnieszka Wojtania 
Department of Applied Biology, The National Institute of Horticultural Research, Skierniewice, Poland https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1092-1850



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