Claim · model-written summary
Junghuhnia sp. AK15 was associated with postharvest rot of yam tubers in Odisha.
- Taxon
- D. alata
Dioscorea alatae0 - Interactor
- Junghuhnia sp. AK15
Junghuhnia sp. AK15e0pathogen - Outcome
- post-harvest rot of yam (D. alata) tuberse0
- Setting
- Odishae0
Verbatim
e0“A fungal pathogen, Junghuhnia sp. AK15 was identified as being associated with post-harvest rot of yam (D. alata) tubers in Odisha”
Title
Akhtari Khatoon; Kunja Bihari Satapathy; Ashirbad Mohapatra Journal of Applied Biology & Biotechnology 2025. doi:10.7324/jabb.2025.255176
Other claims from this paper (11)
- Observation Infection incidence among collected yam tubers was 27%.
- Observation Junghuhnia colonized both injured and apparently healthy yam tuber surfaces.
- Observation This was the first recorded Junghuhnia sp. infection of D. alata tubers in Odisha.
- Observation The fungal isolate grew robustly on Sabouraud’s dextrose agar and potato dextrose agar.
- Intervention effect Artificial Junghuhnia inoculation caused rotting in around 11% of healthy yam tubers.
- Intervention effect Artificial Junghuhnia inoculation caused an average of 48% damage per yam tuber within ten days.
- Intervention effect Medicinal plant extracts inhibited Junghuhnia growth by 18% to 100% in vitro.
- Intervention effect Four synthetic fungicides inhibited Junghuhnia with efficacy from 18.75% to 80%.
- Observation Petroleum ether extracts of Alstonia scholaris and Pongamia pinnata were among the most effective botanicals at 20 mg/mL.
- Observation Methanolic extracts of Ageratum conyzoides and Averrhoa carambola were among the most effective botanicals at 20 mg/mL.
- Recommendation The authors suggest plant-based formulations as biofungicide alternatives to chemical fungicides.