Abstract:The effect of ZJUF0986 bioactive metabolite on mycelium growth, spore germination and appressorium formation of the rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae, was tested with mycelium growth rate method and hanging drop method. EC50 of ZJUF0986 bioactive metabolite against mycelium growth was 18.55mg/L, and 17.30mg/L in the control fungicide tricyclazole group. There was no significant difference between the two groups. ZJUF0986 bioactive metabolite not only depresses spore germination but also decrease appressorium formation. Spore germination and appressorium formation were inhibited completely when treated with 10mg/L ZJUF0986 bioactive metabolite. Spore germination and appressorium formation were delayed significantly when treated with 1.25mg/L ZJUF0986 bioactive metabolite, the rate of spore germination and appressorium formation after 48h was 62.17% and 38.46%, respectively. Barley leave inoculation in vitro with spore suspension, treated by 1.25mg/L ZJUF0986 bioactive metabolite, showed that spores of M.oryzae partially germinated and appressorium formatted, but invasion plug formation was delayed and pathogenicity deceased significantly.