Lily leaf blight,caused by Botrytis elliptica,is an important fungal disease in Taiwan.In order to decrease the disease incidence in Lilium formosanum,the efficacy of application of rhizobacteria for induced systemic resistance(ISR)was examined in this study.Over 300 rhizobacteria were isolated from the rhizosphere of L.formosanum healthy plants and 63 were identified by the analysis of fatty acid profiles.The ability of disease suppression of 13 strains was demonstrated by soil drench application of bacterial suspensions to the rhizosphere of L.formosanum seedlings.Biocontrol experiments were carried out with Bacillus cereus and Pseudomonas putida strains on Lilium Oriental hybrid cultivars Acapulco and Star Gazer besides L.formosanum in the greenhouse and field conditions.The assay with a B.cereus strain good for disease suppression showed that the protection against B.elliptica on L.formosanum could last for at least ten days,consistent with the good association of B.cereus with lily roots.Analysis of the expression of LfGRP1 and LsGRP1,encoding glycine-rich protein of L.formosanum and cv.Star Gazer,respectively,reveals a difference between that in response to the treatment of B.cereus and that singly induced by B.elliptica,suggesting that plant defense responses driven by B.cereus follows a signaling pathway different from that triggered by B.elliptica.According to the results of biocontrol assay and LfGRP1/LsGRP1 gene expression analysis with the culture filtrates of B.cereus strains,we presume that more than one eliciting factor of ISR are generated by B.cereus and some of them exhibit thermostable and autoclave-tolerant traits.This is the first report about ISR-eliciting rhizobacteria and determinants effective for foliar disease suppression on lily. Lily leaf blight, caused by Botrytis elliptica, is an important fungal disease in Taiwan. In order to decrease the disease incidence in Lilium formosanum, the efficacy of application of rhizobacteria for induced systemic resistance (ISR) was examined in this study. Over 300 rhizobacteria were isolated from the rhizosphere of L. formosanum healthy plants and 63 were identified by the analysis of fatty acid profiles. The ability of disease suppression of 13 strains was demonstrated by soil drench application of bacterial suspensions to the rhizosphere of L. formosanum seedlings.Biocontrol experiments were carried out with Bacillus cereus and Pseudomonas putida strains on Lilium Oriental hybrid cultivars Acapulco and Star Gazer besides L. formosanum in the greenhouse and field conditions. assay with a B. cereus strain good for disease suppression showed that the protection against B. elliptica on L.formosanum could last for at least ten days, consistent with the good association of B.cereus with lil y roots.Analysis of the expression of LfGRP1 and LsGRP1, encoding glycine-rich protein of L. formosanum and cv. Star Gazer, respectively, reveals a difference between that response to the treatment of B. cereus and that singly induced by B. elliptica, suggesting that plant defense responses driven by B. cereus follows a signaling pathway different from that triggered by B. Celliptica. According to the results of biocontrol assay and LfGRP1 / LsGRP1 gene expression analysis with the culture filtrates of B. cereus strain, we presume that more than one eliciting factor of ISR are generated by B. cereus and some of them exhibit thermostable and autoclave-tolerant traits. this is the first report about ISR-eliciting rhizobacteria and determinants effective for foliar disease suppression on lily.