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Characterization of Endophytic Microorganisms of Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Potentials for Blast Disease Biocontrol and Plant Growth Promoting Agents

Shugufta Parveen¹, Fayaz A. Mohiddin^2,*, M. Ashraf Bhat³, Zahoor Ahmed Baba⁴, Fehim Jeelani⁵, M. Anwar Bhat⁶, Sajad Un Nabi⁷, Burhan Hamid², Saba Bandey⁸, Farhanaz Rasool⁹, Zakir Amin¹, Ibrahim Al-Ashkar^10,*, Muhammad Adnan¹¹, Ayman El Sabagh¹²

1 Division of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Wadura, India
2 Mountain Research Centre for Field Crops, SKUAST-Kashmir, Khudwani, India
3 Division of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Wadura, India
4 Division of Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Wadura, India
5 Division of Statistics, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Wadura, India
6 Division of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Wadura, India
7 Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Central institute of Temperate Horticulture (ICAR-CITH), Old Airport, Rangreth, Srinagar, India
8 Division of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Horticulture, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar, India
9 Directorate of Extension, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar, India
10 Department of Plant Production, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
11 College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
12 Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Kafrelsheikh, Kafrelsheikh, Egypt

* Corresponding Authors: Fayaz A. Mohiddin. Email: ; Ibrahim Al-Ashkar. Email: