“…BAC-JAG4, which reduced fungal growth in the three culture media tested and did not yield symptoms of wilt or rot, are consistent with previous studies reporting that S. liquefaciens, S. plymuthica and S. rubidaea showed in vitro antifungal activity against different fungal pathogens ( Kalbe et al, 1996). In particular, isolates of S. plymuthica have been used as biocontrol agents against Verticillium dahliae, Rhizoctonia solani and F. oxysporum in wheat, oats, cucumber, corn, canola and potato (Åström and Gerhardson, 1988;Kloepper et al, 1992;Kalbe et al, 1996;Berg, 2000;Frankowski et al, 2001;Ting et al, 2011).…”