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Antagonistic Potential of Bacterial Species against Fungal Plant Pathogens (FPP) and Their Role in Plant Growth Promotion (PGP): A Review

Amjad Ali¹, Yasir Iftikhar^2,*, Mustansar Mubeen², Haider Ali³, Muhammad Ahmad Zeshan², Zohaib Asad⁴, Muhammad Zafar-ul-Hye⁵, Malik Abdul Rehman⁶, Mazhar Abbas⁷, Muhammad Rafique⁸, Muhammad Usman Ghani⁹

1 Department of Plant Protection, Sivas University of Science and Technology, Sivas, 58140, Turkey
2 Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, 40100, Pakistan
3 College of Bioscience, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B152TT, UK
4 Department of Plant Pathology, PMAS University of Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi, 43490, Pakistan
5 Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, 60800, Pakistan
6 Citrus Research Institute, Sargodha, 40100, Pakistan
7 Department of Agriculture and Agribusiness Management, University of Karachi, 75270, Karachi, Pakistan
8 Pest warning & Quality Control of Pesticides, Sahiwal, Punjab, 40210, Pakistan
9 Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, 38000, Pakistan

* Corresponding Author: Yasir Iftikhar. Email: