Tea growingdistricts
Number of bacterial isolates
Number of
Trichoderma
spp. isolates
No. of antagonist against
Macrophoma
sp.
Bacterial strains
(
Bacillus
spp. and
Pseudomonas
spp.)
Trichoderma
spp.
1. The Anamallais
25
15
2 (2 cm)
*
2
2. The Nilgiris
50
5
1(>1 cm)
1
3.CentralTravancore
50
15
1 (>1 cm)
-
4.Koppa
25
5
2 (1-2 cm)*
-
Total
150
40
6
3
Table 1:
List of biocontrol bacterial and fungal strains isolated from various tea growing areas *Values in parentheses indicate inhibition zone produced by bacterial antagonist.
