Table 6 Effect of endophytic yeast isolates on Fusarium solani, F. oxysporum, Macrophomina phaseolina and Rhizoctonia solani on tomato plants in natural soil and soil amended with neem cake in field plot experiment

Control

100

93.7

56.2

62.5

81.2

75

93.7

87.5

Carbendazim (Cd)

56.2

81.2

12.5

25

62.5

31.2

18.7

56.2

Neem cake (NC) @ 1%

43.7

62.5

6.2

12.5

12.5

37.5

31.2

56.2

Cd + NC

87.5

62.5

18.7

12.5

6.25

37.5

6.2

56.2

Debaryomyces hansenii (Y-17)

18.7

37.5

0

18.7

0

25

43.7

37.5

Y-17 + NC

75

43.7

25

6.2

31.2

25

56.2

31.2

Meyerozyma guilliermondii (Y-62)

37.5

50

0

6.2

12.5

25

50

25

Y-62 + NC

56.2

25

12.5

6.2

0

6.2

25

37.5

Debaryomyces hansenii (Y-34)

43.7

37.5

0

6.2

37.5

18.7

31.2

37.5

Y-34 + NC

50

62.5

18.7

6.2

6.2

0

43.7

56.2

LSD_0.05

Treatment = 11.9^a

Pathogens = 7.5^b

Time = 5.3^c