Disease Suppressive Soils
Lysobacter species have also been isolated from soils suppressive to Rhizoctonia solani. Clay soils with natural suppressiveness against Rhizoctonia contained higher numbers of antagonistic isolates of L. gummosus, L. antibioticus and/or L. capsici. Although the mechanism behind this phenomenon is not yet understood, it appeared that growing grass/clover increased the number of these Lysobacter species as well as the Rhizoctonia suppressiveness.
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