Abstract:Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) have the activities to antagonize soil-borne pathogens, improve plant disease resistance and finally reduce disease. The study was designed (1) to determine the interaction between AMF (Glomus mosseae, Gm and G. versiforme, Gv) and PGPR; (2) to evaluate the effects of different combinations of AMF and PGPR on potato growth and bacterial wilt disease caused by Ralstonia solanacearum, (3) to explore the mechanisms of reducing bacterial wilt disease. Experimental data showed that the combination of AMF and PGPR promoted the colonization of the AMF or PGPR in potato rhizosphere and the growth of potato plants (such as plant height, stem diameter, fresh weight, dry weight of the shoot and tuber weight) compared with AMF or PGPR alone. Among the tested combinations, the combinations of Bacillus sp. M3-4 and Gm or Gv showed the highest growth-promoting activity. Moreover, inoculation of AMF and PGPR reduced the potato bacterial wilt. The combinations of Bacillus sp. M3-4 and Gm or Gv also showed the highest control efficacy with 65.2% and 69.5%, respectively. The activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL), and catalase (CAT) in leaves inoculated with Gv and M3-4 were significantly higher than that in other treatments, while the content of malondialdehyde (MDA) was lower than that in other treatments. The dataset results indicate that the combinations of PGPR M3-4 and AMF Gm or and Gv promote the growth of potato,induce the defense responses, and thus reduce the occurrence of bacterial wilt in potato.