EFFECT OF PLANT WATER EXTRACTS AND PLANT OILS ON WHITE MOULD DISEASE OF BEANS

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Agriculture Botany Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Menoufia University, Egypt

2 General Organization for Control Export & Import, International Cairo Airport, Egypt.

Abstract

Water extracts and oils of garlic, onion, citrus, camphor and clove reduced the linear growth of S. sclerotiorum and clove extract was the best one. Generally, increasing the concentration of any used extract resulted more reduction of the fungal growth. However, under greenhouse and artificial soil infestation conditions both garlic and clove extracts and oils were the best for reducing damping-off and increasing the survival plants. Under field and natural soil infestation conditions, clove water extract and garlic oil gave the best results of disease reduction and improved yield production; significantly; in comparison with control (-) treatments, of Giza 3 bean cultivar.

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