In vitro control of causal agents of anthracnose of Senna alata L. – a herbal medicinal plant in Bangladesh

 

Shamim Shamsi*, Pranami Chowdhury and Tania Sultana

 

Research Article | Published November 2014

Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Research Journal, Vol. 2(3), pp. 37-43

 

 

Department of Botany, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh.

 

 

*Corresponding author. E-mail: prof.shamsi@gmail.com

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Efficacy of seven fungicides and seven plant extracts were evaluated against two pathogenic species of fungi isolated from Senna alata L. in vitro. The isolated fungi were Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Penz.) Sacc. and Pestalotiopsis guepinii (Desm.) Stay. Seven fungicides Acrobate MZ, Bavistin 50 WP, Indofil M-45, MC Sulphur 80 WP, Ridomil MZ Gold, Sulcox 50 WP and Tall 25 EC at 100, 200, 300, 400 and 500 ppm concentration were evaluated against the fungi. Tall 25 EC completely inhibited the radial growth of the test fungi at all the concentrations used. Antifungal properties of ethanol leaf extracts of Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam., Azadirachta indica L., Citrus medica L., Datura metel L., Mangifera indica L. Senna alata L. and Tagetes erecta L. at 5, 10 and 20% concentrations was evaluated on C. gloeosporioides and P. guepinii. All the selected plant extracts completely inhibited radial growth of the test fungi at 20% concentration.

 

Keywords: In vitro control, causal agents, Athracnose, Senna alata, Herbal medicinal plant.

 

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Citation: Shamsi S, Chowdhury P, Sultana T (2014). In vitro control of causal agents of anthracnose of Senna alata L. – a herbal medicinal plant in Bangladesh. Med. Aromat. Plant Res. J. 2(3): 37-43.

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