10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12 Volume 5 Issue 4 2014 (October - December) Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) stimulate plant growth and improve crop productivity by direct or indirect mechanisms. In our present study, a total of 120 bacterial strains were isolated from rhizosphere soils lessThan i greaterThan of Vigna radiata L. Wilckzeck, from lessThan /i greaterThan Warangal Dist. , Telangana, India. Among them, 35 potential bacterial strains showing antagonistic and PGP activities were selected for characterization. Out of which six competent strains were selected which showed maximum plant growth promoting (PGP) activities and further subjected to the cell wall degrading enzyme production and seed germination test. All isolates exhibited production of indole acetic acid, whereas five isolates produced HCN and solubilized inorganic phosphate. Subsequently lessThan i greaterThan , lessThan /i greaterThan to investigate lessThan i greaterThan in vitro lessThan /i greaterThan test for all the six isolates the antagonistic activity against, lessThan i greaterThan Fusarium oxysporum lessThan /i greaterThan , lessThan i greaterThan Colletotrichum capsici lessThan /i greaterThan , lessThan i greaterThan Rhizoctonia solani lessThan /i greaterThan , lessThan i greaterThan Macrophomina phaseolena lessThan /i greaterThan spp. This result suggests that these PGPR isolates may be used as bio fertilizers as well as biocontrol agents to enhance the growth and productivity. K.GEETHA , K.CHAITANYA AND B.BHADRAIAH PGPR, Green gram, Plant growth promoting activities 153-163