DEVELOPING MICROBIAL CONSORTIA WITH POTENT INHIBITORYEFFECTS AGAINST THE TARGET PATHOGENS IS A POTENTIALLY SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVE TO SYNTHETIC PESTICIDES.WE AIM TO IDENTIFY THE HIGHLY POTENT ANTAGONISTIC COMPOUNDS AND THEIR INHIBITION MECHANISMAGAINST THE P. ULTIMUM, THE CAUSAL AGENT OF ROOT ROT IN CORN. KNOWLEDGE GENERATED THROUGH THISSTUDY WILL LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF BIOCONTROL AGENTS AND BIOPESTICIDES THAT CAN BE TESTED IN THE FOLLOWING PROPOSAL, WHERE WE AIM TO TEST THE EFFICACY OF THE ANTAGONISTIC AGENTS IN FIELDEXPERIMENTS AND AGAINST OTHER CROP PATHOGENS.

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