Deciphering the Role of Bacillus subtilis var. amyloliquefaciens in the Management of Late Blight Pathogen of Potato, Phytophthora infestans

An oomycete fungus Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary, is an incitant of destructive late blight disease on potato, causes severe yield loss worldwide. A study was undertaken for the management of the diseases by using the antagonistic bacterium. Twenty-five isolates of antagonistic bacteria were collected from various parts of Tamil Nadu from rhizospheric soils of Solanaceous crops potato, tomato and Solanum nigrum. These isolates were...