@article{Suseela Bhai_Remya_Jithya_Eapen_2009, title={<I>In vitro</I> and <I>In planta</I> Assays for Biological Control of <I>Fusarium</I> Root Rot Disease of Vanilla}, volume={23}, url={https://informaticsjournals.com/index.php/jbc/article/view/3621}, DOI={10.18311/jbc/2009/3621}, abstractNote={Rhizosphere and phyllosphere organisms isolated from vanilla consisted of predominant colonizers such as&lt;em&gt; Fusarium&lt;/em&gt; sp. (24 isolates) and &lt;em&gt;Colletotrichum&lt;/em&gt; sp. (20 isolates). Other organisms were &lt;em&gt;Rhizoctonia&lt;/em&gt; sp. (two isolates), &lt;em&gt;Trichoderma&lt;/em&gt; spp. (seven isolates), &lt;em&gt;Paecilomyces&lt;/em&gt; sp. (one isolate), &lt;em&gt;Mucor&lt;/em&gt; sp. (three isolates), non-sporulating fungal species (10 isolates) and &lt;em&gt;Pseudomonas fluorescens&lt;/em&gt; (three isolates). When tested in vitro, six isolates showed more than 50% inhibition of &lt;em&gt;Fusarium oxysporum&lt;/em&gt; f. sp. vanillae. These were two isolates of &lt;em&gt;Trichoderma&lt;/em&gt; sp. (53.30-70.58), one isolate of &lt;em&gt;Paecilomyces&lt;/em&gt; sp. (65.00%) and two isolates of &lt;em&gt;P. fluorescens&lt;/em&gt; (59.15- 62.50%) that were antagonistic to the pathogen. None of the non-pathogenic Fusarium species tested showed promising inhibitory effect on &lt;em&gt;F. oxysporum&lt;/em&gt; f. sp. &lt;em&gt;vanillae.&lt;/em&gt; The five promising isolates were tested &lt;em&gt;in planta&lt;/em&gt; by challenge inoculation. &lt;em&gt;Paecilomyces&lt;/em&gt; sp. provided 100 per cent protection against root rot.&lt;em&gt; T. harzianum&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;P. fluorescens&lt;/em&gt; provided 40% protection. Thus the present study indicated the possibility of using &lt;em&gt;Paecilomyces&lt;/em&gt; sp. as a potential antagonist for &lt;em&gt;F. oxysporum&lt;/em&gt; f. sp.&lt;em&gt; vanillae&lt;/em&gt;.}, number={1}, journal={Journal of Biological Control}, author={Suseela Bhai, R. and Remya, B. and Jithya, Danesh and Eapen, S. J.}, year={2009}, month={Apr.}, pages={83–86} }