SULAIMAN A. AL YOUSEF*
BIOCELL, Vol.45, No.5, pp. 1403-1411, 2021, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2021.015450
- 12 July 2021
Abstract Seeds from soybean collected from different commercial markets were surveyed for seed-borne fungi. Ninetyeight fungal colonies were isolated all over three monthly isolations constituting twenty-two fungal species. The isolated
fungi were belonging to the genera: Alternaria, Aspergillus, Cephalosporium, Chaetomium, Cladosporium, Colletotrichum,
Curvularia, Fusarium, Macrophomina, Mucor, Penicillium, Rhizoctonia, Rhizopus, Sclerotium, Stemphylium, and
Verticillium. Assay of the antifungal activity of four ethanolic extracts of clove, cinnamon, garlic, and mint was carried
out against the most common fungal species (Aspergillus flavus, A. niger, Fusarium solani, F. oxysporium, and
F. moniliforme), which significantly reduced the growth of tested fungi. Clove extract recorded the highest
antimicrobial potentiality against the seed-borne fungal species, followed by… More >
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