Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection (2009) 42, 618-625

S. Satish, M.P. Raghavendra and K.A. Raveesha (2009)
Antifungal potentiality of some plant extracts against Fusarium sp.
Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection 42 (7), 618-625
Abstract: Aqueous extracts of 46 plants belonging to 32 different families of the plant kingdom were screened for antifungal activity against eight important species of Fusarium viz., Fusarium equiseti, F. moniliforme, F. semitectum, F. graminearum, F. oxysporum, F. proliferatum, F. solani and F. lateritium. The test fungi were isolated from maize, paddy and sorghum seeds collected from Mysore district, Mysore, India. Among the several plants screened only 12 plants have recorded significant antifungal activity. The antifungal activity of aqueous extracts varied among the test pathogens and was compared with that of the synthetic fungicides Blitox, Captan, Dithane M-45 and Thiram. F. proliferatum, which showed high susceptibility for the aqueous extracts, was tested using different solvent extracts viz., petroleum ether, benzene, chloroform, methanol and ethanol extracts of all the 12 plants. The results revealed that these plants could be exploited for ecofriendly management of the diseases caused by the test fungal pathogens and seed biodeterioration during storage.
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Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
control - general

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Neocosmospora solani		India
	Fusarium oxysporum		India
	Fusarium graminearum		India
	Fusarium verticillioides		India
	Fusarium equiseti		India
	Fusarium lateritium		India
	Fusarium incarnatum		India
	Fusarium proliferatum		India