Screening tests against fungus causing rice blast,
Magnaporthe grisea, were performed in order to develop
biopesticides. More than 400 actinomycetes collected at several
sites near Hanla Mountain on Jeju Island, Korea were tested,
and strain BG2-53 showed potent antifungal activity. The
in vivo screening was performed with fermentation broth, and
the strain taxon was identified.