Bacterial biocontrol agents of rice diseases: compatible with pesticide and effects on rhizospheric soil microbiota

Abstract

The aim of this work was to determine the behavior of the bacterial biocontrol agents (BBAs), selected to control paddy rice diseases, in the presence of pesticides, as well as to study the soil microbiota alterations. We assessed the compatibility between these BBAs and pesticides using different doses of each compound, besides BBAs’ impact on soil microbiota quality and diversity under field conditions.