In-Vitro Efficacy of Certain Essential Oils and Plant Extracts against Three Major Pathogens of Jatropha curcas L.
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=54081#.VO1wXizQrzE Author(s) Purnajyoti Deka Bhuyan 1 , Phatik Tamuli 2* , Paran Boruah 1 Affiliation(s) 1 Division of Medicine, India Aromatic and Economic Plants, North East Institute of Science & Technology (CSIR), Jorhat, India . 2 Microbiology and Plant Pathology Lab, Department of Botany, Darrang College, Tezpur, India . ABSTRACT Antifungal activity of plant extracts and essential oils of six different plant species was tested against three pathogenic fungi, viz., Alternaria alternata, Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and Fusarium moniliforme isolated from Jatropha curcas L. using Poison Food Technique. All the samples tested were found effective in-vitro. More than 60% inhibition of growth of individual fungal species was observed at 100 ppm. Maximum inhibition was observed at concentration of 1000 ppm. However, among the essential oil...