Sixty one out of 200 isolates, isolated from chickpea rhizospheric soils, were found to be effective to control the mycelial proliferation of the test pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceris, maximum being with Ps16b () and Ps45 () in dual culture plate and liquid broth assay. Growth inhibition of the phytopathogen was also recorded by diffusible and volatile antifungal metabolites produced by the isolates. All the isolates showed ammonia production, whereas only nine isolates were recorded for Hydrogen cyanide production. | Biological management of vascular wilt of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) incited by fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceris by antagonistic rhizobacteria co-inoculated with native mesorhizobium
