Efficacy of some medicinal plant extract against fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceri causing chickpea wilt

Abstract

In the present study, in vitro test was carried out to analyze the antifungal potentiality of aqueous extract of five medicinal plants against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceri by using poisoned food technique at four different concentrations i.e., 10, 25, 50 and 75%. Among all medicinal plant extracts Tinospora cordifolia, Cymbopogon citratus and Moringa oleifera showed the promising antifungal potentiality against F. oxysporum f. sp. ciceri with maximum inhibition i.e., 100% at 75% concentration followed by Zingiber officinale and Trachyspermum ammi, respectively.