title: Antifungal potential of some higher plants against Fusarium udum causing wilt disease of Cajanus cajan.
abstract: The fungitoxic effects of different plant extracts on Fusarium 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. 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% growth at higher concentrations. A. alliaceum controlled the disease up to 100% by amending its 4% powder in unsterilized soil and 2% in sterilized soil. The population of F. udum was found to be markedly reduced following treatments with plant powders.
authors.affiliation: Soil Microbiology and Ecopathology Laboratory, Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rai
mesh_terms: D005670:Fusarium / Q000187:drug effects*; D018532:Pisum sativum / Q000382:microbiology*; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D010936:Plant Extracts