Maize, a vital cereal globally, ranks alongside rice and wheat. Among the significant factors curbing maize yields, post-flowering stalk rot (PFSR) stands as highly destructive ailment. PFSR leads to yield reductions in from 10% 42%, occasionally may reach upto 100% specific regions. This emphasizes potential for elevating India's corn production by developing cultivating PFSR-resistant hybrids...

The present work aims to isolate and characterize the bacterial endophytes associated with different maize genotypes varying in resistance disease reaction against Macrophomina phaseolina. A total of 50 endophytic bacteria were isolated from root stem healthy plants at 30 DAS, 60 DAS by using two media like TSA, NA medium maximum number population recovered followed all TSA was found be most su...