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Evaluation of various plant extracts against the early blight disease of tomato plants under greenhouse and field conditions

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  • Sallam M.A. Nashwa

    (Plant Pathology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt)

  • Kamal A.M Abo-Elyousr

    (Plant Pathology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt)

Abstract

The antimicrobial activity of six plant extracts from Ocimum basilicum (Sweat Basil), Azadirachta indica (Neem), Eucalyptus chamadulonsis (Eucalyptus), Datura stramonium (Jimsonweed), Nerium oleander (Oleander), and Allium sativum (Garlic) was tested for controlling Alternaria solani in vitro and in vivo. In in vitro study the leaf extracts of D. stramonium, A. indica, and A. sativum at 5% concentration caused the highest reduction of mycelial growth of A. solani (44.4, 43.3 and 42.2%, respectively), while O. basilicum at 1% and 5% concentration and N. oleander at 5% concentration caused the lowest inhibition of mycelial growth of the pathogen. In greenhouse experiments the highest reduction of disease severity was achieved by the extracts of A. sativum at 5% concentration and D. stramonium at 1% and 5% concentration. The greatest reduction of disease severity was achieved by A. sativum at 5% concentration and the smallest reduction was obtained when tomato plants were treated with O. basilicum at 1% and 5% concentration (46.1 and 45.2 %, respectively). D. stramonium and A. sativum at 5% concentration increased the fruit yield by 76.2% and 66.7% compared to the infected control. All treatments with plant extracts significantly reduced the early blight disease as well as increased the yield of tomato compared to the infected control under field conditions.

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  • Sallam M.A. Nashwa & Kamal A.M Abo-Elyousr, 2012. "Evaluation of various plant extracts against the early blight disease of tomato plants under greenhouse and field conditions," Plant Protection Science, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 48(2), pages 74-79.
    • Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlpps:v:48:y:2012:i:2:id:14-2011-pps
    DOI: 10.17221/14/2011-PPS
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