Efficacy of Wild Plant Parts in Combination with UV Irradiation in the Control of Root Rot Fungi

Authors

  • Naheed IKRAM Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi 75270
  • Shahnaz DAWAR Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi 75270

Keywords:

UV rays, P. juliflora, A. javanica, root rot fungi

Abstract

The present study was carried out to investigate the efficacy of Prosopis juliflora and Aerva javanica in combination with UV radiation. Soil was amended with P. juliflora and A. javanica stem, leaves, and flower powder at 1 % w/w, and the seeds of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) and mung bean (Vigna radiata L.) was treated with ultraviolet (UV-C) radiation for 15 and 30 min to promote growth and for the control of root infecting fungi like Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goid, Fusarium spp. and Rhizoctonia solani Kühn. Colonization percentages of root rot fungi were completely suppressed when seeds were treated with ultra violet (UV-C) radiation for 30 min and the soil was amended with P. juliflora and A. javanica leaf powder at 1 % w/w. There was significant enhancement in the growth parameters of both crop plants when seeds were treated with UV rays for 30 min and the soil was amended with P. juliflora and A. javanica leaves powder.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Metrics

Metrics Loading ...

References

MC Canale, EA Benato and P Cia. In vitro effect of UV-C irradiation on Guignardia citricarpa and on postharvest control of citrus black spot. Trop. Plant Pathol. 2011; 36, 356-61.

AI Darras, V Demopoulos and C Tiniakou. UV-C irradiation induces defense responses and improves life of cut gerbera flower. Postharvest Biol. Tech. 2012; 64, 168-74.

RS Dawe, H Comeron, S Yule, I Man, NJ Wainwright, SH Ibbotson and J Ferguson. A randomized controlled trial of narrow band ultraviolet B vs. bath-psoralen plus ultraviolet A photo chemotherapy for psoriasis. Br. J. Dermatol. 2003; 148, 1194-204.

G Sharp. The lethal action of short ultraviolet rays on several common pathogenic bacteria. J. Bacteriol. 1939; 37, 447-59.

M Moore. Medicinal Plants of the Desert and Canyon West. Santa Fe, Museum of New Mexico Press, 1989, p. 73-6.

J Davidow. Infusions of Healing: A Treasury of Mexican-American Herbal Remedies. Simon and Schuster, Desert USA, 1999, p. 149.

MA Kay. Healing with Plants in the American and Mexican West. Tuscon, The University of Arizona Press, 1996, p. 221-4.

N Ikram and S Dawar. Effect of Prosopis juliflora in the control of root rot fungi of cowpea and mung bean. Pak. J. Bot. 2013; 45, 649-54.

R Qureshi and GR Bhatti. Folklore uses of Amaranthaceae Family from Nara Desert Pakistan. Pak. J. Bot. 2009; 41, 1565-72.

KS Reddy and VM Reddy. Anti-hyperglycaemic activity of ethanol extract of Aerva javanica leaves in Alloxan-induced diabetic mice. J. Pharm. Res., 2009; 2, 1259-61.

MA Soliman. Cytogenetical studies on Aerva javanica (Amaranthaceae). Fla. Entomol. 2006, 16, 333-9.

M Al-Fatimi, M Wurster, G Schroder and U Lindequist. Antioxidant, antimicrobial and cytotoxic activities of selected medicinal plants from Yemen. J. Ethnopharmacol. 2007; 111, 657-66.

HM Ahmed, BY Nour, YG Mohammed and HS Khalid. Antiplasmodial activity of some medicinal plants used in Sudanese folk-medicine. Environ. Health Insights 2010; 4, 1-6.

M Hameed, M Ashraf, F Al-Quriany, N Tahira, M Ahmad, A Younis and N Naz. Medicinal flora of the Cholistan Desert. Pak. J. Bot. 2011; 43, 39-50.

A Sharif, E Ahmed, A Malik, H Mukhtar, MA Munawar, A Farrukh, SA Nagra, J Anwar, M Ashraf and Z Mahmood. Antimicrobial constituents from Aerva javanica. J. Chem. Soc. Pak. 2011; 33, 439-43.

N Ikram and S Dawar. Soil amendment with Aerva javanica in the control of root rot fungi of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L.) and mungbean (Vigna radiata L. Wilezek). Acta Agrobotanica 2012; 65, 69-74.

ER French and BW Kennedy. The role of Fusarium in the root rot complex of soybean in Minnesota. Plant Dis. Rep. 1963; 47, 672-6.

JB Sinclair and LE Gray. Three fungi that can reduce soybean yields. Illinois Res. 1972; 14, 5.

CH Dickinson. External Synergisms among Organisms Inducing Disease. In: JGH Fall and EB Cowling (eds.). Plant pathology: An advanced Treatise, Vol. IV, How Pathogens Induce Disease. Academic Press, New York, 1997, p. 97-111.

H Elarosi. Fungal association synergistic relation between Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn and Fusarium solani Synder and Hansen in causing a Potato tuber rot. Ann. Bot. 1957; 21, 555-67.

DJ Pieczarka and GG Abawi. Effect of interaction between Fusarium, Pythium, Rhizoctonia on severity of bean root rot. Phytopathology 1978; 68, 403-8.

RR Sokal and FJ Rohlf. Biometry: The Principles and practices of Statistics in Biological Research. Freeman, New York, 1995, p. 887.

JG Menzies and RR Belanger. Recent advances in cultural management of diseases of greenhouse crops. Can. J. Plant Pathol. 1996, 18, 186-93.

W Runia. Elimination of root-infecting pathogens in recirculation water from closed cultivation systems by UV radiation. Acta Hort. 1994; 6, 361-71.

G Buyanovsky, J Gale and N Degani. Ultra-violet radiation for the inactivation of microorganisms in hydroponics. Plant Soil 1981; 60, 131-6

CD Coufal, C Chavez, K Knape and JB Carey. Evaluation of ultraviolet light sanitation of broiler hatching eggs. Poult. Sci. 2002; 82, 754-9.

E Wong, R Linton and D Gerrard. Reduction of Escherichia coli and Salmonella on pork skin and pork muscle using ultraviolet light. J. Org. Chem. 1998; 47, 2174-8.

T Kim, J Silva and T Chen. Effects of UV irradiation on selected pathogens in peptone water and on stainless steel and chicken meat. J. Food Prot. 2002; 65, 1142-5.

EA Wallner-Pendleton, SS Sumner, G Froning and L Stetson. The use of ultraviolet radiation to reduce Salmonella and psychrotrophic bacterial contamination on poultry carcasses. Poult. Sci. 1994; 73, 1327-33.

A Siddiqui, S Dawar, MJ Zaki and N Hamid. Role of ultra violet (UV-C) radiation in the control of root infecting fungi on groundnut and mung bean. Pak. J. Bot. 2011; 43, 2221-4.

N Shiozaki, I Hattori and T Tezuka. Activation of growth nodulation in a symbiotic system between pea plants and leguminous bacteria by near UV radiations. J. Phytochem. Photobiol. Biol. 1999; 50, 33-7.

EB Jdanova. About ultraviolet irradiation influence on germination and growth of rye. Proc. Agr. Acad. 1962; 77, 451-5.

WAM Hijnan, EF Beerendonk and GJ Medema. Inactivation credit of UV radiation for viruses, bacteria and protozoan cysts in water: A review. Water Res. 2006; 40, 3-22.

K Warriner, J Kolstad, J Rumsby and W Waites. Carton sterilization by UV-C excimer laser light: Recovery of Bacillus subtilis spores on vegetable extracts and food simulation matrices. J. Appl. Microbiol. 2002; 92, 1051-7.

S Jun, J Iruddayyaaraj, A Demirci and D Geiser. Pulsed UV-light treatment of corn meal for inactivation of Aspergillus niger spores. Int. J. Food Sci. Tech. 2003; 38, 883-8.

K Takeshita, J Shibato and T Sameshima. Damage of yeast cells induced by pulsed light irradiation. Int. J. Food Microbiol. 2003; 85, 151-8.

A Allendre and F Artes. Combined ultraviolet-C and modified atmosphere packaging treatments for reducing microbial growth of fresh processed lettuce. Food Sci. Tech. 2003; 36, 779-86.

RR Sharma and A Demirci. Inactivation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 on inoculated alfalfa seeds with pulsed ultraviolet light and response surface modeling. J. Food Sci. 2003; 68, 1448-53.

Downloads

Published

2016-03-17

How to Cite

IKRAM, N., & DAWAR, S. (2016). Efficacy of Wild Plant Parts in Combination with UV Irradiation in the Control of Root Rot Fungi. Walailak Journal of Science and Technology (WJST), 14(3), 225–234. Retrieved from https://wjst.wu.ac.th/index.php/wjst/article/view/2009