Of these, B1, B2 and B4 were found to be effective against the sapstain fungus ( Fig. 1). The four dissimilar bacteria from agricultural vermicompost were indicated as C1, C2, C3 and C4, and among these, C3 and C4 were effective against test fungus ( Fig. 1). The degree of antagonism and percentage of inhibition are shown in Table 3. Among total isolates, only 41% showed inhibition towards the test fungus. Among these, the bacteria from market-available compost (B1 and B2) were very effective in inhibiting L. theobromae. The percentage of inhibition of bacterium B1 was significantly different from the others at p = 0.05.