Rhizosphere regulation: Development and blueprint for soil-borne disease suppression in strawberry

Abstract

Strawberry is an important economic crop in China, but it is seriously impacted by soil-borne diseases. In recent years, the intensification and monoculture of strawberry planting have exacerbated the occurrence of diseases, which pose a serious threat to the development of the strawberry industry. This study focused on the current research on strawberry major fungal, bacterial, and viral diseases and insect pests that occur during strawberry cultivation. The potential roles of ecological prevention and control strategies in alleviating strawberry diseases, such as high-temperature soil solarization, chemical fumigation, reductive soil disinfestation, diversified crop cultivation, biochar amendment, wormcast improvement, and synthetic microbial community improvement, were analyzed. This study highlighted that research should focus on the rhizosphere ecology perspective and healthy soil, screening highly efficient stress-resistant, disease-resistant, and growth-promoting microorganisms and constructing a functionally complementary and stable synthetic community. The collaborative efficiency of healthy soil in promoting cooperation between exogenous and indigenous microorganisms should be comprehensively studied. Furthermore, a variety of strategies that combine rhizosphere regulation to alleviate the continuous cropping obstacles in strawberries should be adopted, aiming to provide references for the ecological prevention and control of diseases in crops and the high-quality development of the industry.