Authors
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Anbar, Ramadi, Iraq
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Document Type : Research Paper
Abstract
The results of phenotypic and molecular diagnosis using PCR technique showed that the main cause of cowpea root rot disease It is Fusarium solani that was isolated from the roots of cowpea plants infected with the disease, and the results of inhibition ability test showed theaqueous extract of pomegranate peel, catnip and bitter melon fruits concentrations 10, 20, 30 ml. liter-1 The inefficiency of pomegranate peel extract and bitter melon fruit in all concentrations, while the aqueous extract of The catnip had a significant superiority in the percentage of inhibiting the pathogenic fungus F. solani on PDA culture medium, was 24.80%, 24.82%, 24.88%, respectively, compared to the control treatment contaminated with the pathogenic fungus F.solani, in which the percentage of inhibition was 0.00% The results of using alcoholic extract of pomegranate peels, catnip and bitter melon fruits at concentrations of 5, 10, and 15 mg were shown., as the extracts with all concentrations achieved a significant superiority over the control treatment, and the most effective of these extracts was the pomegranate peel extract at a concentration of 15 mg. ml-1 as the percentage inhibition was 77.30% compared to the control treatment contaminated with the pathogenic fungus F.solani, which had 0.00% inhibition And the results of using the alcoholic extract of pomegranate peels and catnip at a concentration of 10 mg. ml-1 were shown. when used in the field the efficiency of these two extracts in a significant increase in the percentage of germination of cowpea seeds and a significant decrease in the percentage and severity of infection percentage compared to the control treatment contaminated with the pathogenic fungus F.solani.
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