The objective of this study was to screen phylloplane bacteria for the control of Corynespora cassiicola, a causal agent of target spot disease of tomato.  Phylloplane bacteria were isolated from tomato leaves by washing and after dilution they were spread on four media: potato dextrose agar (PDA), nutrient agar (NA), yeast malt agar (YM) and arginine glycerol mineral salt agar (AGMA).  Twenty-nine bacterial isolates were obtained and their ability to inhibit the growth of C. cassiicola was tested in vitro.  The results showed that six isolates effectively controlled mycelium growth by 45.01-51.11% inhibition in dual culture on PDA.  All effective isolates were tested for their control of target spot disease using the detached leaf technique by spraying a conidial suspension of C. cassiicola (104 conidia/ml) 24 hr before or after application of the phylloplane bacteria (108 cell/ml).  We found that antagonistic bacterial isolates BB47, BC29, BC30, BC35, BCP36 and PT4 effectively reduced the disease incidence from 25.00 to 45.00%.  Mechanistic studies of cell suspensions of phylloplane showed that the bacteria could inhibit spore germination and mycelial growth of C. cassiicola, the culture filtrate gave a similar result as well.  Identification of the phylloplane bacteria by morphology and biochemical tests showed that BC29, BC30, BC36 and PT4 were gram-positive and classified into the genus Bacillus, while BB47 and BC35 were gram-negative and classified into the genus Pseudomonas.