Efficacy of Different Botanicals Against Alternaria brassicae in in vitro Condition

An experiment was carried out 2012-13 at Plant Pathology research lab, Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Narendra Nagar (Kumarganj), Faizabad (U. P. ) to study the different botanicals against Alternaria brassicae in in vitro condition. The present study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of 46 botanicals extract viz. , Cyperus rotundus (rhizome), Piper nigrum L. (seed), Eucalyptus (Leaf), Datura stramonium L. (Leaf), Chenopodium album L. (Leaf), Capsicum annum L. (Leaf), Cannabis sativa L. (Leaf), Aloe vera (Leaf) etc. @ against 10 % concentration Alternaria brassicae condition by poisoned food technique. Nearly all the tested botanicals found effective against Alternaria brassicae fungi. Among the extract 10 per cent the minimum growth was recorded in Cyperus rotundus followed by Piper nigrum, Eucalyptus, Datura stramonium and Chenopodium album. Capsicum annum, Cannabis sativa, Aloevera, Cyperus rotundus (rhizome), Piper nigrum L. was significantly superiorunder other botanical extract.