future investigations on the use of B. licheniformis may
examine different methods for infesting plants with isolates to
consider the optimal stage of plant development for antagonistic
colonization with the optimal level of inoculum needed to obtain
effective disease control. In addition, further new antagonistic microorganisms should be tested for their effectiveness against
Colletotrichum sp. pathogenicity to curcuma, and integrated
strategies for disease control such as those developed for other
Colletotrichum pathogens [18] could be explored.