Bioactivity of an organic farming aid with possible fungistatic properties against some oil palm seedling foliar pathogens.

ABSTRACT: Synthetic fungicides are necessary evil in crop production, their usage cannot be neglected or abandoned but must be alternated/supplemented with other control measures such as cultural, host resistance and biocontrol methods to reduce their detrimental effect on the environment and living organisms. A bioproduct (wood vinegar) was evaluated against oil palm seedling pathogens at CSIR-Oil Palm Research Institute, Kusi at different concentrations and compared with an inorganic fungicide at the manufacturer's recommended dosage. Disease pathogens were isolated from collected diseased leaf samples and pure cultures were established on cPDA. PDA was amended with wood vinegar ranging from 0 to 3.35% and 0.1%v/v of carbendazim as a positive control. Daily colony growth was measured in two diagon

SUBMITTER: Obeng J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9870896 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature