Abstract:[Background] The colonization of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) in rhizosphere is the basis of its function. Direct and effective tracking techniques and quantitative methods are important tools to study the distribution of PGPR in rhizosphere. [Objective] To establish a real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR system for rapid detection of antagonistic bacteria QHZ11 against the pathogen, Rhizoctonia solani and to detect the dynamic changes of antagonistic bacterium QHZ11 in potato rhizosphere. [Methods] The specific primers were screened according to the genetic sequence difference between the Paenibacillus and proximal strain gyrB in GenBank. The reaction conditions of fluorescence quantitative PCR were optimized. A soil pot experiment of potato was arranged to detect the number of antagonistic bacteria QHZ11 in potato rhizosphere, with three treatments: T1: CK (sterile water was irrigated); T2: QHZ11 bacterial suspension was irrigated (QHZ11); T3: the biological organic fertilizer, secondary solid fermented with antagonistic bacteria QHZ11 was applied (BOF11). [Results] A pair of special primers gyrB-F/gyrB-R for antagonistic QHZ11 were screened. The established of antagonistic bacteria QHZ11 real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR method could detect the antagonistic bacteria of 1×103?1×1010 copies/g-soil, with such advantages as very good specificity, high sensitivity and better reproducibility, and the linear correlation coefficient was 0.999 8, the coefficient of variation within the detection group was less than 1%, the amplification efficiency was 0.9, characterized by a lower detection limit and higher amplification efficiency. The results of pot experiment showed that the number of antagonistic bacteria QHZ11 in potato rhizosphere of T3 was one order of magnitude higher than that of T2 treatment from the 10th day after inoculation, and reached the peak at the 60th day after inoculation, indicating that the survival rate and reproduction rate of antagonistic bacteria in rhizosphere soil were increased by secondary solid fermentation. [Conclusion] The established real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR system is sensitive and efficient, which provides a convenient and effective method for understanding the distribution of antagonistic bacteria in potato rhizosphere and the interaction between antagonistic bacteria and pathogens.