Table 2 In vitro antagonistic activity of rhizobacteria (AS1–AS22) against Rhizoctonia solani f. sp. sasakii using microbial-cell and cell-free filtrates in a dual culture plate assay.

From: Antagonistic potential and biological control mechanisms of Pseudomonas strains against banded leaf and sheath blight disease of maize

Bacterial isolates

Percent mycelial inhibition (%)

Microbial cell culture

Cell free supernatant

AS1

32.74 ± 1.73b

49.20 ± 0.91cde

AS2

39.11 ± 0.59bcd

48.67 ± 0.44cde

AS3

48.14 ± 0.94ghi

54.74 ± 0.68ef

AS4

45.33 ± 0.80efgh

53.85 ± 1.05def

AS5

48.37 ± 0.68ghij

45.48 ± 1.48bcd

AS6

38.07 ± 0.46c

49.78 ± 1.02cde

AS7

44.07 ± 1.67defg

55.11 ± 1.02ef

AS8

39.85 ± 1.05cd

45.48 ± 0.90bcd

AS9

47.20 ± 0.66efghi

47.63 ± 0.56cde

AS10

37.57 ± 1.24c

42.00 ± 1.56bc

AS11

48.07 ± 0.68ghij

47.85 ± 0.84cde

AS12

42.96 ± 0.90cdef

42.81 ± 1.22bc

AS13

49.28 ± 1.41ghij

56.30 ± 1.00f

AS14

49.04 ± 1.05hij

56.44 ± 0.59f

AS15

00.00 ± 0.00a

0.00 ± 0.00a

AS16

52.37 ± 0.93ijk

58.22 ± 1.02f

AS17

51.33 ± 0.44ij

58.30 ± 0.34f

AS18

00.00 ± 0.00a

0.000 ± 0.00a

AS19

57.04 ± 0.90k

66.56 ± 1.33g

AS20

42.81 ± 0.71cde

40.89 ± 0.80b

AS21

54.15 ± 0.46jk

65.60 ± 1.15g

AS22

50.07 ± 0.90hij

60.59 ± 0.71f

  1. *Means in each column followed by the same letter were not significantly different (P < 0.05) as determined by the one-way ANOVA and Duncan’s Multiple Range Test (DMRT). Values were the means of three replications ± standard deviation.