Microbes present in panchgavya and their antifungal potential against major soil borne pathogens

Freshly prepared Panchgavya, streaked on yeastal potato dextrose agar (YPDA) medium showed the presence of six microbial isolates. Out of these, five were bacterial and one actinomycetous in nature. Based on various morphological characteristics and biochemical tests, these isolates were identified as three species of Bacillus and one each of Serratia, Pseudomonas and Actinomycetes, Species of Bacillus, Serratia and Actinomycetes were found strongly inhibitory to mycelial growth of Rhizoctonia solani, Fusarium solani, Fusarium oxysporum and Sclerotium rolfsii. Pseudomonas sp. did not inhibit mycelial growth of any test pathogen.