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Materials and Methods: All the isolates were subjected to salt tolerance study, six best isolates were selected and tested its antagonistic efficacy against plant pathogenic fungi viz., Fusarium oxysporum (damping off), Rhizoctonia solani (damping off) and Trichosporium vesiculosum (blister bark) under normal and salt stressed conditions. The presence of bioactive compounds from best isolate was screened using GC-MS analysis. All the data were analyzed using one-way ANOVA and the significant difference among the means were compared by Duncans Multiple Range Test (DMRT) at p = 0.05 level. Results: It was observed that the bacterial isolate KS-21 showed maximum growth retardation of pathogenic fungal mycelium and it was effective in production of diffusible and volatile metabolites against two pathogens, except Trichosporium vesiculosum which was least controlled by all the bacterial isolates. There was no marked variation in bio-control activity in sodium chloride amended medium. 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