BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF PHYTOPATHOGENIC FUNGI USING DIFFERENT EXTRACTS OF CHAETOMIUM CUPREUM

Sharmila Tirumale; Nazir Wani

doi:10.22159/ajpcr.2018.v11i9.26836

Authors

Sharmila Tirumale Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Jnanabharathi Campus, Bangalore University, Bengaluru â€“ 560 056, Karnataka, India.
Nazir Wani Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Jnanabharathi Campus, Bangalore University, Bengaluru â€“ 560 056, Karnataka, India.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22159/ajpcr.2018.v11i9.26836

Keywords:

Chaetomium cupreum Epipolythiodioxopiperazins Cladosporium rot Biopigments Azaphilones

Abstract

Objective: This study evaluated the Chaetomium cupreum extracts as biocontrol agents against four plant pathogenic fungi (Cladosporium cladosporioides, Fusarium oxysporum, Phomopsis azadirachtae, and Rhizoctonia solani).

Method: The antifungal activity of n-butanol and ethyl acetate extracts of C. cupreum was evaluated against plant pathogenic fungi using food poison method.

Result: In n-butanol extract, the percentage inhibition of mycelial growth against C. cladosporoides was 88.3Â±0.1, F. oxysporum was 59.4Â±0.2, R. solani was 56.2Â±0.9, and P. azadirachtae was 52.0Â±0.1at 0.25 mg/ml, respectively. In ethyl acetate extract, the percentage inhibition of mycelial growth against C. cladosporoides was 86.0Â±0.5, F. oxysporum was 66.4Â±0.1, P. azadirachtae was 55.2Â±0.9, and R. solani was 52.0Â±0.1 at 0.25 mg/ml, respectively.

Conclusion: It was found that n-butanol extract is more effective than ethyl acetate extract of C. cupreum. Future studies will focus on the purification and characterization of compounds of C. cupreum and their biocontrol capacity with the mechanism for plant pathological applications.

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Author Biography

Sharmila Tirumale, Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Jnanabharathi Campus, Bangalore University, Bengaluru â€“ 560 056, Karnataka, India.

Assistant professor

Dept of MB & BT, BUB

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