Claim · model-written summary
Clove extract inhibited growth of Phytophthora infestans by 100% in vitro and was the most active.
- Treatment
- Clove extracte0
- Interactor
- P. infestans
Phytophthora infestanse0pathogen - Outcome
- growth of P. infestanse0
- Direction
- inhibitede0
- Value
- 100%e0
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Verbatim
e0“Clove extract was the most active and inhibited (100%) growth of P. infestans followed by black pepper (91%) turmeric (87%) and ginger (85%)”
t1“Phytophthora infestans”
Title
Geraldin M. W. Lengai; James W. Muthomi; Ernest R. Mbega; et al. Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection 2022. doi:10.1080/03235408.2022.2156029
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Intervention effect Black pepper extract inhibited growth of Phytophthora infestans by 91% in vitro.
- Intervention effect Turmeric extract inhibited growth of Phytophthora infestans by 87% in vitro.
- Intervention effect Ginger extract inhibited growth of Phytophthora infestans by 85% in vitro.
- Intervention effect The hexane fraction of clove extract inhibited growth of Phytophthora infestans by 100% in vitro, equal to the whole extract.
- Intervention effect Spice extracts reduced late blight severity in tomato by 29% to 40% under field conditions.
- Intervention effect Black pepper was the most efficacious spice extract against late blight in tomato under field conditions.