Leaves being the main economic part, foliar blight disease caused by Rhizoctonia solani
Kühn greatly reduces marketability of the produce. Isolation and characterization of
endospore-forming endophytic bacteria (EEB) from endorhizosphere of Amaranthus spp.,
and their effects on plant growth promotion and suppression of leaf blight disease in a
susceptible amaranthus variety are reported here. Eight EEB strains were isolated from roots …