EFFICACY OF SOLANUM XANTHOCARPUM SCHRAD. & WENDL. FRUIT EXTRACT ON PHYTOPATHOGENIC FUNGI 

ABSTRACT

The objectives of this work was to study the screened of antifungal activity and minimum inhibitory concentration on phytopathogenic fungi using petroleum ether and benzene fruits extracts of Solanum xanthocarpum (Solanaceae). Both petroleum ether and benzene extracts of Solanum xanthocarpum fruits exhibited an appreciable inhibition on all the studied fungi. However petroleum ether fruit extract of Solanum xanthocarpum inhibited Colletotrichum gleosporoides, Curvularia lunata and Alternaria alternata at 900µg/ml except Macrophomina phaeseolus and Sclerotium rolfsii. Even at 100µg/ml concentration it shows 72.5% of inhibition in Colletotrichum gleosporoides. The MIC for petroleum ether extract was >90µg/ml, whereas for Alternaria alternata it was >30 µg/ml.

Key words: Solanum xanthocarpum, Fruit extract, Antifungal activity, Minimum Inhibitory Concentration.