HASTUTIR. D., LESTARIY., SUWANTOA., and SARASWATIR. “ <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:14.15pt;line-height:normal;"><em><span style="font-size:9pt;">Xanthomonas oryzae</span></em><span style="font-size:9pt;"> Pv. <em>oryzae</em> (<em>Xoo</em>), a Causal Agent of Bacterial Leaf Blight (BLB), Is One of the Most Important Pathogens of Rice. The Effectiveness of Ten <em>Streptomyces</em> Spp. Isolates in Suppressing <em>Xoo</em> Disease Was Assessed <em>in planta</em> and <em>in vitro</em>. <em>In planta</em> Experiments Were Carried Out in a Greenhouse and Arranged in a Randomized Completely Block Design (RCBD) With Three Replications. Twenty Treatments Were Tested Which Included Plants Inoculated With Both <em>Streptomyces</em> Spp. and <em>Xoo</em>, and Plants Inoculated With Only <em>Streptomyces</em> Spp. Plants Inoculated With <em>Xoo</em> and Sprayed With a Chemical Bactericide, and Plants Inoculated With Only <em>Xoo</em> Served As Positive Controls, Whereas Plants Not Inoculated With Either <em>Streptomyces</em> Spp. or <em>Xoo</em> Were Used As Negative Controls. The Results Showed That the Effect of Endophytic <em>Streptomyces</em> Spp. on BLB Disease Expressed As Area under Disease Progress Curve (AUDPC) Was Not Significantly Different to That on Control Plants (P &gt; 0.05). However, Plants Inoculated With Endophytic <em>Streptomyces</em> Spp. Were Significantly Taller and Produced Higher Tiller Number Than Control Plants (P &lt; 0.05). <em>Streptomyces </em>spp. Isolate AB131-1 Gave the Highest Plant Height. <em>In Vitro </em>studies on Biocontrol Mechanisms of Selected <em>Streptomyces</em> Spp. Isolates Showed That Isolate LBR02 Gave the Highest Inhibition Activity on <em>Xoo</em> Growth, Followed by AB131-1 and AB131-2. Two Isolates (AB131-1 and LBR02) Were Able to Produce Chitinase, Phosphatase, and Siderophore Which Included Biocontrol Characteristics. Morphological and Colonization Studies under SEM and Light Microscopy Confirmed That the Three Isolates Were Endophytic <em>Streptomyces</em> Spp. from Different Species. These Studies Found That the Paddy Plant Which Was Inoculated With Endophytic <em>Streptomyces</em> Spp. AB131-1 and Infected by <em>Xoo</em> Could Increase the Height of Plant and Number of tillers.</span></P&gt; ”. HAYATI Journal of Biosciences, Vol. 19, no. 4, Mar. 2013, p. 155, doi:10.4308/hjb.19.4.155.