Investigation of antifungal potentiality of aqueous extract of millingtonia Hortensis linn leaves against aspergillus and fusarium species of maizeud

摘要

Antifungal activity of aqueous extract of leaves ofudMillingtonia hortensis Linn when tested against eight fungaludspecies of maize at 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50% concentrationudshowed maximum activity against A.flavus at 50%udconcentration followed by F.oxysporum (90.2%), F.solaniud(89.5%), F.moniliforme (87.7%), A.candidus (78.9%),udA.niger (78.0%), A.flavipes (73.2%) and F.graminearumud(52.1%) at 50% concentration tested. Moderate activity wasudalso observed in 20, 30 and 40% concentration and leastudactivity was observed in 10% concentration tested. Comparedudto synthetic fungicide bavistin and thiram, both the fungicide recorded 100% inhibition.