Nazir Ahmad Wani1, Waseem Iqbal Khanday2, Sharmila Tirumale11Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Bangalore University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.2PG and Research Centre in Biotechnology, MGR College, Hosur, Tamil Nadu, India.DOI: 10.4103/jnsbm.JNSBM_150_19 ABSTRACT Background: Chaetomium cupreum is soil-isolated pigment-producing fungus used as biocontrol agent. Hypothesis:…