Fig. 2

Antifungal activity of herbicide-tolerant endophytic bacteria of field-growing rice. These bacterial isolates (CPS003, CZR007, CZS004, CZS006, and CZL003) showed the best antifungal activity against the virulent pathogenic fungi of rice seeds showing dirty panicle disease (KPS3, KPS5, KPS41, KPS45, KPS91, and KPS102). The percentages of inhibition were calculated using the data derived from the dual culture assay of the test bacteria and fungi. Error bars are mean values ± SDs of four replicates per assay. The statistical differences at P = 0.05 of means are indicated with small case letters for each test bacterium against different test fungi and with the Roman numbers for the comparison between different bacterial isolates regardless of the distinct fungi tested. All statistical analyses were conducted using one-way ANOVA with Tukey’s post hoc test