% inhibition = [ ( Δdo – Δd )/ Δd ] × 100.
Where, Δdo and Δd are the average diameter of decay lesion in control and treatment respectively.
Statistical analysis: Statistical analysis for the biocontrol efficacies were done by using SPSS software (version 10.0, SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). The least significant difference (LSD) test at P = 0.05 was used for mean separation.
Identification for the species of the yeast: The most efficacious yeast isolate was identified based on the sequencing of the 26S rDNA gene, as described by Kurtzman and Robnett (1997). The identification of the closest relatives was obtained using the Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST N) (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/BLAST/).