ecological regions and habitats of Ethiopia. Sub-samples of leaves or blossoms (1 g each) were ground and suspended in 9mL of sterile distilledwater. Fruit peel cut into pieces (1 g)was shaken in 9mL sterile distilled water for 10min on a wrist-action shaker. Aliquots of ten-fold dilutions of the suspension (leaves or blossoms) orwash (fruit)were used for isolation of bacteria and fungi by the pour plate method. Nutrient agar (NA)was used for isolation of bacteria while malt extract agar (MEA) amended with 50mgL−1 streptomycin sulphate and 50mgL−1 ampicillinwas used for fungi. After incubation
of NA plates for 2 d and MEA plates for 5–7 d at 25 ◦C, developing colonies were characterized based on gross morphology and representative isolates were transferred to fresh NA (bacteria) or MEA (fungi) plates. Pure cultures grownonNAandMEAweremaintained
at 4 ◦C until they were used. Effective isolates were selected based
on their inhibitory effect towards C. gloeosporioides in dual culture
tests.