Abstract

INETRGRETED MANAGEMENT OF PENICILLIUM EXPANSUM CAUSING BLUE MOULD OF APPLE FRUITS USING SOME HERBAL EXTRACTS

Ramesh Baviskar*

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Abstract

Apple is the most significant fruit crop in India which is extensively used as nutritious fruit. It is well known to cause considerable loss and quality of apple obtained from the markets. A total of 23 isolates of Pencilium expansum obtained from apple and tested against fludioxonil. In the present study in vitro the management of fludioxonil resistant isolates, Pe-14 (MIC 880ug/ml). Penicillium expansum was evaluated against leaf extracts of 24 medicinal plants out which Eucalyptus globulous, Azadirachta indica, Chrysanthemum indicum, Zinziber officinalis, Sesamum indicum, Catharanthus roseus and Oscimum sanctum extracts were showed PCE range from 66.02-60.10 individually and in mixture with fludioxonil PCE range from 79.80- 65.00 and followed by the other medicinal plants as Polyalthia longifolia, Curcuma longa, Plumbago zeylanicum, Terminalia bellerica, Terminalia chebula, Eugenia jambolana, Asparagus recemosus, Annona squamosa, Annona reticulata, Tinopospora cordifolia, Vitex negundo, Adhatoda vasica, Allium sativum, Phyllanthus emblica, Allium cepa, Withania sominifera, and Aloe vera were PCE was ranges from 56.35-32.55 indidually and mixture with plant extract and fludioxonil PCE was increased 65.35-42.33.

Keywords: Penicillium expansum, Blue mould, Fludioxonil, Plant extracts.