each Petridish was inoculated with a loopful containing mycelia of F. oxysporum. Petridishes were then incubated at25°C for 10 days and examined for inhibition of fungus growth by the isolates. A zone of inhibition around the someBacterial isolate indicated positive response. The width of cleared zones of antagonism (distances between thebacterial and fungal growth) were measured after 10 days. Each experiment was repeated four times. The resultswere expressed as the mean values with standard error deviation in inhibition distance between the growths of thecorresponding Fusarium isolate and the presence of the Bacterial isolate tested. The value of inhibition wasmeasured using the formula 100 × C − T/C (T, treatment; C, control). Petri plate without bacterial isolate served ascontrol.