Northern Corn Leaf Blight, caused by Setosphaeria turcica, is an important maize leaf fungal disease. Its overspread in spring maize region often causes serious economic
losses. Strain HJ5, which was isolated from the stem of Flaveria bidentis by flat confrontation method, showed antagonistic effects on S. turcica and wide antifungal spectra.
Strain HJ5 was identified by physiological and biochemical responses and sequence analysis of 16S rDNA. MEGA5.0 was used to create the phylogenetic tree of the...