RT Journal T1 ANTIFUNGAL ABILITY OF NERIUM OLEANDER AGAINST FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM, SCLEROTIUM ROLFSII AND MACROPHOMINA PHASEOLINA A1 I. Siddiqui A1 N. A. Bokhari A1 K. Perveen JF Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences JO JAPS SN 1018-7081 VO 26 IS 1 SP 269 OP 274 YR 2016 FD 2016/02/01 DO DOI NA AB

Nerium oleander L. belonging to Apocynaceae family was screened for antifungal activity against three economically important fungi Macrophomina phaseolina, Sclerotium  rolfsii and Fusarium oxysporum,.Leaves stem and root extracts in aqueous, methanol, ethanol, choloroform and acetone were prepared and were evaluated for their in vitro antifungal ability. All the parts of the plant displayed variable results for the three fungi. In case of M. phaseolina roots have proved to be the most effective one in reducing the growth of the fungus. Chloroform root extract has reduced the growth of the fungi to its maximum, 2.03 followed by acetone root extract respectively. Leaves chloroform extract displayed the best antifungal activity thus giving a colony diameter of 1.43 in S.rolfsii followed by methanol, acetone, and ethanol leaves extracts. In F. oxysporum trend has entirely changed, shoot induced the maximum effect as the diameter of the fungal colony was 0.37 in acetone; this trend was followed by chloroform and ethanol shoot extracts respectively. The consequences of using the N.oleander extracts in controlling F. oxysporum, S.rolfsii and M. phaseolina are discussed.

K1 Nerium oleander, Macrophominaphaseolina, Sclerotiumrolfsii, Fusarium oxysporum, Antifungal ability, Fungal biomass PB Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum LK https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=2016-JAPS-34