Endophytic Bacillus spp. from native chilli cultivars and their effect against fruit rot pathogen of Bhut Jolokia (Capsicum chinense Jacq.)

Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 2 Effect of bacterial endophyte (individual and in combination) on mycelial growth of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides

Isolate	Mycelial growth (mm)	Per cent inhibition over control
PBEDL1	28.20^a	68.67
PJE5B	31.20^b	65.33
PGE4B	42.50^d	52.89
PM5A	49.20^f	45.33
PBEDL1+PGE4B	39.60^c	56.00
PBEDL1+PM5A	46.60^e	48.22
PGE4B+PM5A	49.80^f	44.67
Control	90.00^g	–
SEd(±)	0.413
C.D (0.05)	0.846

Data are mean of 5 replications. Means followed by different superscript letters within the same column denote significant variation and means followed by the same superscript within the same column denote non-significant variation in relation to each other at P = 0.05 (level of significance) as determined by Duncan’s Multiple Range Test (DMRT)