Abstract
Disease assessment of Persea americana (Avocado) in a local market in Delta State Nigeria showed that only 7% of the fruits were healthy. 36% of the avocado fruits had Cercospora spot; 28% had Diotherella rot and 29% had anthracnose. Plant extracts of three different species; Ocimum gratissimum, Acalypha wilkesiana and Acalypha macrostachya were assessed for inhibitory effect on the radial growth of Cercospora purpurea. Ethanol extracts of the three plants caused total inhibition of C. purpurea. Crude extract of sterilized and un-sterilized water significantly reduced the radial growth of the fungus. However, the fungistatic effect of O. gratissimum was highest and was followed by A. macrostachya and then A. wilkesiana. Key words: Plant extracts, inhibition, cercospora spot, antifungal, disease assessment.
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Claims 9
Claim · model-written summary
Only 7% of market avocado fruits were healthy.
- Taxon
- Persea americana
Persea americanae0 - Outcome
- fruits were healthye0
- Value
- 7%e0
- Setting
- Delta State Nigeriae0
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Verbatim
e0“Disease assessment of Persea americana (Avocado) in a local market in Delta State Nigeria showed that only 7% of the fruits were healthy”
Claim · model-written summary
Cercospora spot affected 36% of avocado fruits.
- Taxon
- avocadoPersea americanae0
- Interactor
- Cercospora
Cercosporae0pathogen - Outcome
- fruits had Cercospora spote0
- Value
- 36%e0
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Verbatim
e0“36% of the avocado fruits had Cercospora spot”
Claim · model-written summary
Diotherella rot affected 28% of avocado fruits.
- Taxon
- Persea americanaPersea americanat0
- Interactor
- Diotherellae0pathogen
- Outcome
- Diotherella rote0
- Value
- 28%e0
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Verbatim
e0“28% had Diotherella rot”
t0“Persea americana”
Claim · model-written summary
Anthracnose affected 29% of avocado fruits.
- Taxon
- Persea americanaPersea americanat0
- Outcome
- anthracnosee0
- Value
- 29%e0
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Verbatim
e0“29% had anthracnose”
t0“Persea americana”
Claim · model-written summary
Ethanol extract of Ocimum gratissimum totally inhibited Cercospora purpurea.
- Taxon
- Persea americanaPersea americanat0
- Treatment
- Ocimum gratissimume0
- Interactor
- Cercospora purpureaPseudocercospora purpureae0pathogen
- Outcome
- inhibition of C. purpureae0
- Direction
- total inhibitione0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Plant extracts of three different species; Ocimum gratissimum, Acalypha wilkesiana and Acalypha macrostachya were assessed for inhibitory effect on the radial growth of Cercospora purpurea. Ethanol extracts of the three plants caused total inhibition of C. purpurea”
t0“Persea americana”
Claim · model-written summary
Ethanol extract of Acalypha wilkesiana totally inhibited Cercospora purpurea.
- Taxon
- Persea americanaPersea americanat0
- Treatment
- Acalypha wilkesianae0
- Interactor
- Cercospora purpureaPseudocercospora purpureae0pathogen
- Outcome
- inhibition of C. purpureae0
- Direction
- total inhibitione0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Acalypha wilkesiana and Acalypha macrostachya were assessed for inhibitory effect on the radial growth of Cercospora purpurea. Ethanol extracts of the three plants caused total inhibition of C. purpurea”
t0“Persea americana”
Claim · model-written summary
Ethanol extract of Acalypha macrostachya totally inhibited Cercospora purpurea.
- Taxon
- Persea americanaPersea americanat0
- Treatment
- Acalypha macrostachyae0
- Interactor
- Cercospora purpureaPseudocercospora purpureae0pathogen
- Outcome
- inhibition of C. purpureae0
- Direction
- total inhibitione0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Acalypha macrostachya were assessed for inhibitory effect on the radial growth of Cercospora purpurea. Ethanol extracts of the three plants caused total inhibition of C. purpurea”
t0“Persea americana”
Claim · model-written summary
Sterilized and unsterilized water extracts significantly reduced fungal growth.
- Taxon
- Persea americanaPersea americanat0
- Treatment
- Crude extract of sterilized and un-sterilized watere0
- Outcome
- radial growth of the funguse0
- Direction
- reducede0
Not reportedComparator
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Verbatim
e0“Crude extract of sterilized and un-sterilized water significantly reduced the radial growth of the fungus”
t0“Persea americana”
Claim · model-written summary
Ocimum gratissimum had the strongest fungistatic effect, followed by Acalypha macrostachya and Acalypha wilkesiana.
- Taxon
- Persea americanaPersea americanat0
- Outcome
- fungistatic effecte0
- Direction
- higheste0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the fungistatic effect of O. gratissimum was highest and was followed by A. macrostachya and then A. wilkesiana”
t0“Persea americana”
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