ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITIES OF ESSENTIAL OILS, EXTRACTS AND SOME OF THEIRn MAJOR COMPONENTS OF Artemisia spp. L. AGAINST SEED-BORNE PLANTn PATHOGENIC BACTERIA

摘要

This study was carried out to determine antibacterial activity of essential oils, extracts and major components of three Artemisia species (A. absinthium, A. santonicum and A. spicigera) against to some seed borne bacterial plant pathogens. According to our results, essential oils and some major components of Artemisia species have antibacterial activities at varying rates while extracts have shown no activity against any of the pathogens. Disc-diffusion method was used to test antimicrobial act