Antifungal potential of some higher plants against Fusarium udum causing wilt disease of Cajanus cajan
Singh, R.; Rai, B.
Microbios 102(403): 165-173
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 0026-2633 PMID: 10955831 Document Number: 522052
The fungitoxic effects of different plant extracts against F. udum, which causes wilt disease of Cajanus cajan in vitro and in vivo, were examined. The complete arrest of the radial growth of the pathogen occurred at a 10% concentration of leaf extract from Adenocallyma alliaceum [Pseudocalymma alliaceum]. A leaf extract of Citrus medica, a root extract of Asparagus adscendens, rhizome extracts of Curcuma longa and Zingiber officinale, and a bulb extract of Allium sativum inhibited up to 100% of growth at higher concentrations. Adenocallyma alliaceum controlled the disease up to 100% when unsterilized and sterilized soils were amended by 4 and 2% powder, respectively.