Study of the Antifungal Activity of Bioactive Extracts of Ocimum americanum L.

摘要

Basil is a traditional herb and spice for our country. The shoot of the plant is used, most often the leaves in fresh form, picked during flowering and for drying -before flowering.Basil contains essential oils, glycosides, tannins, organic acids, mineral salts.The aim of the present study is to investigate the extracts containing Eugenol obtained from lemongrass basil leaves grown in vitro and under fieldconditions by the low temperature extraction method for their antifungal activity. With Eugenol are treated seeds of cereals and legumes infected with fungal phytopathogens isolated in the Laboratory of Phytopathology of the Institute of Plant Genetic Resources - Sadovo in order to prove its practical applicability as a biofungicide for treatment of seeds for storage under the conditions of medium and long term storage.