Antifungal effects of two tropical plant leaf extracts (Ocimum gratissimum and Aframomum melegueta) on postharvest yam (Dioscorea spp.) rot

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 727-731

  Okigbo, R N ^a,b   Ogbonnaya, U O ^a  

^a MICHAEL OKPARA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Aframomum melegueta; Fungi; Leaf extracts; Ocimum gratissimum; Rot; Storage; Yam

Indexed keywords

AFRAMOMUM MELEGUATA EXTRACT; ALCOHOL; COOLING WATER; HOT WATER; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; IN VITRO STUDY; MYCELIUM; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PLANT LEAF; POSTHARVEST PERIOD; RHIZOPUS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SPORE GERMINATION; YAM;

AFRAMOMUM; AFRAMOMUM MELEGUETA; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BOTRYODIPLODIA THEOBROMAE; DIOSCOREA; DIOSCOREA ALATA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; RHIZOPUS; RHIZOPUS STOLONIFER;

EID: 33646437221     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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