Elicitation of ISR by these strains has been demonstrated in greenhouse or field trials on tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.), bell pepper (Capsicum annuum L.), muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.), watermelon (Citrulus lanatus [Thunb.] Matsum. and Nakai), sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.), tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.), Arabidopsis spp., and cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) against leaf-spotting fungal and bacterial pathogens, systemic viruses, a crown-rotting fungal pathogen, root-knot nematodes, and a stem-blight fungal pathogen as well as damping-off, blue mold, and late blight diseases