TITLE:
Antifungal Activity of Selected Medicinal Plant Extract on Fusarium oxysporum Schlechtthe Causal Agent of Fusarium Wilt Disease in Tomato
AUTHORS:
Farzana Ashrafi Neela, Ismat Ara Sonia, Shamim Shamsi
KEYWORDS:
Medicinal Plants, Acetone Extract, Ethanol Extract, Inhibitory Effect, Disease Management
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Plant Sciences,
Vol.5 No.18,
August
12,
2014
ABSTRACT: The antifungal activity of ethanol and acetone extract of leaves of nine medicinal
plants: Piper betel, Lowsonia inermis, Psidium guajava, Carica papaya, Moringa oleifera, Mimosa pudica, Catharanthus roseus, Adhatoda
vasica and Andrographis paniculata against Fusarium oxysporum the causal
agent of Fusarium wilt in tomato was assessed. All the extracts inhibited mycellial
growth at various levels. Among them the superior inhibition (100%) was found in
15% concentration of ethanol extract of Lowsonia
inermis and Psidium guajava against Fusarium. In all plant extract there were
no significant differences between 20% and 25% concentration, except Piper betel, Carica papaya, Andrographis paniculata and Lawsonia
inermis. Analysis of variance results on mycelial growth in different concentration
shows that the item was highly significant.