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VOL. 8, ISSUE 9 (2023)
Antifungal properties of plant latex against stored oilseeds fungi
Authors
Sarkate P S, More A T
Abstract
The oilseeds become infected with a range of
field and storage fungi, as well as a number of seed-borne diseases. Seed
damage during numerous processes ranging from crop maturity to harvesting,
threshing, processing and storage. Poor farmers, store the preserved oilseeds
for consumption and sowing the next season. The traders stored oil seeds in
godown, warehouses, markets etc., for a few years in anticipation of the higher
price of oilseeds. Storage oilseeds come into contact with a variety of
microorganisms in the field and during storage. A fungus was found most
dominant in storage oilseeds. The present study purpose was to examine the
antifungal activity of latex from two plant species that are utilized in
phytopathogenic fungi. Survey and collection of stored oil seeds soybean,
mustard, sesame, Niger, castor, flax seeds collected from several places in
Maharashtra's western Vidarbha region. Oil-seeds are sensitive to fungi
infection. Ten dominant fungi were isolated from stored oilseeds. Agar well
diffusion methods for the antifungal efficacy of ethanol and aqueous latex of Calotropis
procera L and Aloe vera L latex against 10 seed-borne dominant fungi
was studied. The results showed that for antifungal activity ethanol latex was
the best effective solvent as compare to aqueous. Aloe vera L and Calotropis
procera L ethanol latex was shows very dominant inhibitory zone against Aspergillus
flavus and Curvularia lunata respectively.
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Pages:5-7
How to cite this article:
Sarkate P S, More A T "Antifungal properties of plant latex against stored oilseeds fungi". International Journal of Botany Studies, Vol 8, Issue 9, 2023, Pages 5-7
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