The percentage of conidial germination was significantly (P B 0.05) highest in the control (78 %) followed by CT alone (without microbial starter) (38.4 %), microbial-enriched CT (11.5 %) and Daconil (4.7 %) at 96 hai (Fig. 1). Conidial germination of G. cichoracearum DC. Was significantly (P B 0.05) inhibited by 94 %, 85 % and 51.3 % at 96 hai by Daconil, microbial-enriched CT and CT alone, respectively (Table 2). G. cichoracearum DC. Germinated by producing germ tube and appressorium after 6 hai in SDW samples (control) (Fig. 2a, b). These germ tubes were longer compared to the germ tubes that germinated in microbial-enriched CT and Daconil treated samples. Additionally, germination was delayed in microbial-enriched CT (Fig. 2c). The germ tube length was significantly (P B 0.05) shorter in samples treated with Daconil (10.20 lm) and microbial- enriched CT (15.52 lm) compared to the control sample (32.50 lm) at 24 hai (Table 2). Conidia in microbial-enriched CT appeared ruptured at 48 hai (Fig. 2d), which contributed to higher inhibition of conidial germination.