a–c Effect of cell free supernatant (CFS) and cell pellet (CP) on fungal hyphae (hyp) and scletotium (scl) under compound microscope A1–A3 (A1 regular size hyphae and sclerotia; A2 cylindrical, septate and branched hyphae; A3 globose compactly arranged sclerotia; B1–B3, C1–C3 (B1, C1 irregular hyphae and sclerotia; B2, C2 deformations of the hypha; B3, C3 fragmentation, lysis, contraction and loss of pigmentation in sclerotia)