A seed treated with a fungal/bacterial antagonist combination and a seed
assembly comprising a seed and a fungal/bacterial antagonist combination.
The fungal/bacterial antagonist combination comprises a Trichoderma
virens fungal antagonist and a Bacillus amyloliquefaciens bacterial
antagonist for controlling plant pathogens as a biocontrol agent,
bio-pesticide or bio-fungicide. In preferred embodiments, the invention
produces an increase in plant yield. Control of early and late season
stalk and root rot caused by fungi such as Fusarium, Phythium,
Phytophthora and Penicillium in tomatoes, peppers, turf grass, soybeans,
sunflower, wheat and corn is achieved.