From all the ten treatments the calculated infection %
due to root rot fungi, M. phaseolina, R. solani and F.
solani, showed decrease in case of T3 and T4. When these
rhizobacterial isolates were used along with neem cake
they were highly effective against M. phaseolina and
Rhizoctonia solani (Table 2). When this data was
subjected to statistical analysis it was clear that the
isolates S17 and S19 were highly effective individually as
well as with neem cake (NC). From this study we
conclude that soybean fields located at Momanabad had
highest level of root rot disease (Table 1). PGPR S-17 and
S-19 effectively reduced the disease incidence. Addition
of neem cake enhanced the effectiveness of PGPR.