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EVALUATION OF ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY OF CICER ARIETINUM L.

RUKHSANA BAJWA, *TEHMINA ANJUM, SOBIYA SHAFIQUE AND SHAZIA SHAFIQUE

Abstract: The allelopathic potential of aerial parts of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) was investigated in vitro for their antifungal properties as natural alternatives of plant disease control. Drechslera tetramera (Mikinney) Subram. & Jain., and Drechslera hawaiiensis (M.B. Ellis) when tested against different concentrations of aqueous extracts of aerial parts of C. arietinum in liquid malt extract medium, the crude water extract showed most significant antifungal activity even at lower concentration of 5%. In case of extraction in Dichloromethane fraction, the inhibitory effect was found to be proportional with the applied concentration. Cicer arietinum was found to contain antimicrobial compound(s) for the control of plant pathogenic fungi.
 

Department of Mycology & Plant Pathology, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus, Lahore-54590, Pakistan.
Corresponding Author:  anjum@mpp.pu.edu.pk