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Biological control ofRhizoctonia bataticola on gram by coating seed with antagonistic microorganisms was investigated. Initially microorganisms were selected from bacteria and actinomycetes isolated from a loam soil and screened for antagonism toR. bataticola on potato dextrose agar. Four bacterial isolates and six actinomycete isolates proved antagonistic toR. bataticola in petridish tests and were tested further by coating gram seed in field soil inoculated withR. bataticola.
These antagonists significantly reduced symptoms caused byR. bataticola and also increased plant growth and dry matter production of gram. However, a strain of Streptomyces was ineffective and did not control disease.
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Singh, P.J., Mehrotra, R.S. Biological control ofRhizoctonia bataticola on gram by coating seed withBacillus andStreptomyces spp. and their influence on plant growth. Plant Soil 56, 475–483 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02143041
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