For this the bacterial isolates were streaked at a
distance of 3.5 cm from the rim of individual Petri dishes
containing potato dextrose agar (PDA) medium. A 6-mm
mycelial disc from a 7-day-old PDA culture of fungal
pathogens was then placed on the other side of the Petri
dish and the plates were incubated at 28°C for 4 days. The
percent inhibition was calculated by using the formula:
I=(C − T)/C×100, where I is the percent inhibition of
mycelial growth over the control, C is mycelial growth of
fungal pathogen in the control plate and T is mycelial growth
of fungus in endophytic bacteria inoculated plate. The
experiment was carried out in three independent replicates