Vol. 4 (1) : January-February 2013 issue
Green Farming Vol. 4 (1) : 87-91 (January-Feburary, 2013)
Antimicrobial action of hexane, methanolic and ethyl acetate extract of Cinnamomum tamala Linn. against some plant pathogenic fungi
S.K. NAGARa1, S.C. MEENAb2*, ANIRUDHA CHATTOPADHYAYc3 and R.K. MEENAb4
aDeptt. of Mycology & Pl. Pathology, Instt. of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi - 221 005, bDepartment of Plant Pathology, RCA, MPUAT, Udaipur - 313 001 (Rajasthan) cDivision of plant pathology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi - 110 012
Designation : 1P.G. Student, 2,3,4Ph.D. Scholar *(meena.suresh23jan@gmail.com)
Subject : Agronomy and Crop Production
Paper No. : P-0536
Total Pages : 5
Received : 05 October 2012
Revised accepted : 02 January 2013
Get Access
Citation :
S.K. NAGAR, S.C. MEENA, ANIRUDHA CHATTOPADHYAY and R.K. MEENA. 2013. Antimicrobial action of hexane, methanolic and ethyl acetate extract of Cinnamomum tamala Linn. against some plant pathogenic fungi. Green Farming Vol. 4 (1) : 87-91 ; January-February, 2013
ABSTRACT
Antifungal activity of hexane, methanolic and ethyl acetate extract of Cinnamomum tamala Linn have been studied against some plant pathogenic fungi. All the tested extracts of the plant significantly check the spore germination of the tested fungi. At 1500 ppm Curvularia spp. and Colletotrichum gloeosporioides was highly sensitive to hexane extract and showed 10% and 9% spore germination respectively, where as Bipolaris maydis showed 93% inhibition of spore germination at 1500 ppm of methanolic extract. Ethyl acetate extract of the plant was effective against Alternaria alternata, Colletotrichum gleosporioides and Fusarium lycopersici which showed 11%, 13% and 14% spore germination respectively at the 1500 ppm concentration. Mixture of hexane and methanolic extract results in 8% and 11% inhibition of spore germination of Curvularia spp and Bipolaris maydis at 1500 ppm. Among all the tested fungi Fusarium udum, Fusarium melonis and Fusarium cucumerinum were usually less sensitive to all the extracts.
Key words :
Cinnamomum tamala, Ethyl acetate extract, Hexane extract, Methanolic extract, Spore germination.
