Table 4.

Cultural characteristics of superior PGP antagonistic isolates.

Isolate	Color of aerial hyphae – spore chains on ISP media			Melanin production	Growth (in/on)				GeneBank acc. number
	ISP2	ISP3	ISP4	Tyrosine/no tyrosine media	42°C	NaCl 6%	NaCl 10%	NaCl 13%
IT25	Yellow – Light purple	Colorless – Light purple	Yellow – purple	−/−	−	++	−	−	MG722685
TO612	Yellow – Light greenish	Yellow – Yellow	Yellow – White	+/+	−	+	−	−	MG786938
Y17	Yellow – Greenish	Yellow – Olive	Dark yellow – White	+/+	−	++	+	−	MG786894
Y28	Yellow – light purple	Colorless – Dark purple	Dark yellow – Purple	−/+	−	++	+	−	MG786896
IC10	Purple –Yellow	Colorless – Purple	Yellow –Purple	−/+	−	+	−	−	MG654776
IC13	Yellow – Light purple	Dark yellow – Purple	Yellow – Dark gray	−/−	+	+	−	−	MG676358