Eco Friendly Management of Mycoflora Associated with Trichosanthes Anguina L. and Trichosanthes Dioica Roxb
Abu-Al-Islam1,Shamim Shamsi1*
Citation :Abu-Al-Islam,Shamim Shamsi, Eco Friendly Management of Mycoflora Associated with Trichosanthes Anguina L. and Trichosanthes Dioica Roxb International Journal of Research Studies in Biosciences 2016,4(1) : 52-56
An investigation was carried out to control the fungi associated with two common vegetables of Bangladesh viz. Trichosanthes anguina L. and T. dioica Roxb. during the tenure of June to December, 2014. Apparently fresh vegetables were collected from five local markets of Dhaka city near the campus of Dhaka University. After harvesting the vegetables are contaminated with fungi within 3-4 days of short storage. Fungi associated with the samples were isolated from the samples following "Tissue Planting" method on PDA (Potato Dextrose Agar) medium. Seven species of fungi namely Aspergillus flavus, A. fumigatus, A. niger, Fusarium sp., Penicillium sp., Rhizopus stolonifer and Trichoderma viride were to be associated with the above mentioned vegetables. Aspergillus niger was the predominating fungi associated with snake gourd and pointed gourd. To control the fungi three plant extracts namely Allium cepa, A. sativum and Zingiber officinale and two chemicals namely sodium bicarbonate and sodium chloride were selected for evaluating their effect on the radial growth of seven species of fungi isolated from fresh vegetagles. Extract of Allium sativum and both the chemical were showed 100 % radial growth inhibition of the isolated fungi at 20% concentrations.