Fusarium damping off/root rot since it has been pointed out
as the most serious disease of common bean in many countries
throughout the world (Nzungize et al., 2012), causing losses of
up to 84% (Park and Tu, 1994). Bean seed treatment with various
chemicals is being successfully used for the management of such
root disease (Al-askar and Rashad, 2010). However, the concern
about excessive use of fungicides is overwhelming since they rep-
resent real risks for soil biodiversity, and in turn for future avail-
ability of food and feed (Gianinazzi et al., 2010). Therefore,
biological control with little or no hampering effects on biodiver-
sity appears to be the most promising approach to fight plant
pathogens such as F. solani. Thus, endophytes that are sources of
countless natural products known to be safer, biodegradable and
environment-friendly appear to be better alternatives to synthetic
fungicides.