Antimicrobial test was performed by using agar diffusion
technique. In this technique, the test pathogens were inoculated on the
middle of the petri dish surrounded by two plugs of the streptomycetes,
one plug of PDA which act as negative control and one plug containing
cycloheximide as positive control were placed in the petri dish (Figure
1). All the plates were then incubated at 28 ± 2°C for 5 days. Positive
results were determined with the formation of clear zones. All tests were
conducted in a triplicate manner. Antifungal activity was evaluated
using rating suggested by Baniasadi et al. [13] from the modification
of rating by Lee and Hwang [14], whereby 0-4 mm= no inhibition,
5-9 mm=weak inhibition, 10-19 mm=moderate inhibition and ≥20
mm=strong inhibition.