Abstract
Background and Objective: Yam plays an important role in the food security and livelihoods of at least 60 million people, especially in West Africa.Effects of seed extracts of Xylopia aethiopica and Monodora myristica on yams were investigated using the cold extractions method.Materials and Methods: Two healthy and infested yam tubers were purchased from EKE-Awka Market, in Awka.Isolation, identification of causal organisms and phytochemical analysis were carried out using different standard methods.The experiment was set up in a completely randomized design while the data collected was analyzed using ANOVA.Results: Fungi isolated from the deteriorated yam tubers were: Fusarium oxysporum (11.11%),Aspergillus flavus (33.33) and Aspergillus niger (66.67%).Aspergillus niger (66.67) was the most pathogenic while the least pathogenic was Fusarium oxysporium (13%).Aqueous extracts of the two plants inhibited the growth of the fungal pathogens moderately while the most fungitoxic was the ethanoic extraction of Xylopia aethiopica which inhibited the growth of almost all the fungal pathogens studied.Extracts of X. aethiopica recorded the highest percentage inhibition of A. niger (19.71%) followed by F. oxysporum (10.24%) while A. flavus had the least (10.21%).Conclusion: The study concluded that pathogens (fungi) responsible for yam spoilage can be controlled or inhibited from growing by using plant extracts of Xylopia aethiopica and Monodora myristica.This can provide an alternative way of reducing and controlling rot by farmers.
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Claim · model-written summary
Fusarium oxysporum was isolated from deteriorated yam tubers at 11.11%.
- Taxon
- yame0
- Interactor
- Fusarium oxysporum
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Fusarium oxysporume0pathogen - Outcome
- Fusarium oxysporume0
- Value
- 11.11%e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
_(Fusarium_oxysporum_f.sp._batatas)_1234227-PPT-Clemson_University.jpg?width=500)
Verbatim
e0“Fungi isolated from the deteriorated yam tubers were: Fusarium oxysporum (11.11%)”
Claim · model-written summary
Aspergillus flavus was isolated from deteriorated yam tubers at 33.33.
- Taxon
- yame0
- Interactor
- Aspergillus flavus
Aspergillus flavuse0pathogen - Outcome
- Aspergillus flavuse0
- Value
- 33.33e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“deteriorated yam tubers were: Fusarium oxysporum (11.11%),Aspergillus flavus (33.33)”
Claim · model-written summary
Aspergillus niger was isolated from deteriorated yam tubers at 66.67%.
- Taxon
- yame0
- Interactor
- Aspergillus niger
Aspergillus nigere0pathogen - Outcome
- Aspergillus nigere0
- Value
- 66.67%e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“deteriorated yam tubers were: Fusarium oxysporum (11.11%),Aspergillus flavus (33.33) and Aspergillus niger (66.67%)”
Claim · model-written summary
Aspergillus niger was the most pathogenic isolate.
- Taxon
- yame1
- Interactor
- Aspergillus nigerAspergillus nigere0pathogen
- Outcome
- Aspergillus niger (66.67) was the most pathogenice0
Not reportedDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Aspergillus niger (66.67) was the most pathogenic”
e1“Two healthy and infested yam tubers were purchased”
Claim · model-written summary
Fusarium oxysporium was the least pathogenic isolate.
- Taxon
- yame1
- Interactor
- Fusarium oxysporiume0pathogen
- Outcome
- least pathogenic was Fusarium oxysporiume0
- Value
- 13%e0
Not reportedDirection
Verbatim
e0“the least pathogenic was Fusarium oxysporium (13%)”
e1“Two healthy and infested yam tubers were purchased”
Claim · model-written summary
Aqueous extracts of both seed plants moderately inhibited fungal pathogens.
- Taxon
- yamse1
- Treatment
- Aqueous extracts of the two plantse0
- Outcome
- growth of the fungal pathogense0
- Direction
- inhibitede0
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“Aqueous extracts of the two plants inhibited the growth of the fungal pathogens moderately”
e1“yams”
Claim · model-written summary
Ethanoic Xylopia aethiopica extract was most fungitoxic and inhibited almost all studied pathogens.
- Taxon
- yamse1
- Treatment
- ethanoic extraction of Xylopia aethiopicae0
- Outcome
- growth of almost all the fungal pathogens studiede0
- Direction
- inhibitede0
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“the most fungitoxic was the ethanoic extraction of Xylopia aethiopica which inhibited the growth of almost all the fungal pathogens studied”
e1“yams”
Claim · model-written summary
Xylopia aethiopica extract inhibited A. niger by 19.71%.
- Taxon
- yamse1
- Treatment
- Extracts of X. aethiopicae0
- Interactor
- A. nigerAspergillus nigere0pathogen
- Outcome
- inhibition of A. nigere0
- Direction
- higheste0
- Value
- 19.71%e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Extracts of X. aethiopica recorded the highest percentage inhibition of A. niger (19.71%)”
e1“yams”
Claim · model-written summary
Xylopia aethiopica extract inhibited F. oxysporum by 10.24%.
- Taxon
- yamse2
- Treatment
- Extracts of X. aethiopicae1
- Interactor
- F. oxysporumFusarium oxysporume0pathogen
- Outcome
- F. oxysporume0
- Value
- 10.24%e0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“followed by F. oxysporum (10.24%)”
e1“Extracts of X. aethiopica recorded the highest percentage inhibition of A. niger (19.71%)”
e2“yams”
Claim · model-written summary
Xylopia aethiopica extract had the lowest inhibition of A. flavus, 10.21%.
- Taxon
- yamse2
- Treatment
- Extracts of X. aethiopicae1
- Interactor
- A. flavusAspergillus flavuse0pathogen
- Outcome
- A. flavuse0
- Direction
- leaste0
- Value
- 10.21%e0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“A. flavus had the least (10.21%)”
e1“Extracts of X. aethiopica recorded the highest percentage inhibition”
e2“yams”
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