Antagonistic efficacy of fungal endophytes of cherry tomato against its soil-borne pathogens

The present investigation on antagonistic efficacy of fungal endophytes of cherry tomato against its soil-borne pathogens was carried out at the Department of Plant Pathology, SASRD, Medziphema campus, Nagaland. Forty fungal endophytes isolated from 540 segments of different plant parts and different growth stages of cherry tomato were evaluated in vitro against three soil-borne plant pathogens affecting tomato plant. Among the isolated endophytes Aspergillus sp. exhibited the highest inhibition of the radial growth of tomato pathogens Sclerotium rolfsi (59.27%), Rhizoctonia solani (71.45%) and Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici (68.84%) in vitro.