Assessment of Antifungal Activity of Aqueous and Alcoholic Extracts of Onion (Allium cepa L.) and Garlic (Allium sativum L.) on Fusarium solani and Pythium ultimum

Singh Abhinav*, Lehari Khyati, Bharadwaj Nidhi, Bhatnagar S K

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Online ISSN : 2229-4473.
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Doi: 10.5958/2229-4473.2017.00024.6
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Keywords: Antifungal activity, <I>Allium cepa</I>, <I>Allium sativum</I>, <I>Fusarium solani</I>, <I>Pythium ultimum</I>, traditional herbal.


Abstract

Ethanolic and aqueous suspensions of Onion (Allium cepa L.) and Garlic (Allium sativum L.) bulb extracts were screened for their anti-fungal activity using agar-well diffusion method against Fusarium solani and Pythium ultimum. The suspensions were tested at 10%, 40%, 70% and 100% concentrations. Various suspensions showed an inhibitory effect against tested fungal species. The highest zone of inhibition was estimated with the highest concentration of aqueous extract of Garlic against Fusarium solani (23 mm) and Pythium ultimum (24 mm). The other concentrations either ethanolic or aqueous showed various inhibitory effect on the tested fungal species.


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Singh Abhinav* Lehari Khyati Bharadwaj Nidhi Bhatnagar S K
College of Biotechnology, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture & Technology, Meerut, 250 110

*Corresponding author: College of Biotechnology, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture & Technology, Meerut, 250 110, E-mail: abhinavsinghmiet@gmail.com