Evaluation of Clausena pentaphylla (Roxb.) DC oil as a fungitoxicant against storage mycoflora of pigeon pea seeds

Pandey, A.K. and Palni, U.T. and Tripathi, N.N. (2013) Evaluation of Clausena pentaphylla (Roxb.) DC oil as a fungitoxicant against storage mycoflora of pigeon pea seeds. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 93 (7). pp. 1680-1686.

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Abstract

The present study aimed to evaluate the antifungal activity of 30 essential oils against four dominant fungi Aspergillus flavus Link., A. niger van Tieghem, A. ochraceus Wilhelm and A. terreus Thom of stored pigeon pea seeds at a concentration of 0.36 µL mL−1. Various fungitoxic properties, such as minimum inhibitory concentration, minimum fungicidal concentration and fungitoxic spectrum, of the most potent oil were determined. The efficacy of the most potent oil in preservation of pigeon pea seeds for 6 months was also carried out by storing 1 kg of seeds in the oil vapour.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Pigeon pea seeds;Clausena pentaphylla oil;Aspergillus spp., shelf life
Author Affiliation: Bacteriology and Natural Pesticide Laboratory, Department of Botany, DDU Gorakhpur University, Uttar Pradesh, India
Subjects: Postharvest Management > Food Technology
Crop Improvement > Seed Technology
Divisions: Pigeonpea
Depositing User: Mr Siva Shankar
Date Deposited: 02 May 2013 03:04
Last Modified: 02 May 2013 03:04
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.5949
URI: http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/10449

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