Effect of Mesquite aqueous extract and fungicide fulldazin on fungal growth of Penicillium digitatum

Abstract

This study was carried out in the laboratory of plant pathology, plant protection department, college of Agricultural studies, Sudan University of science and Technology in 2017. The objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of Mesquite leaves aqueous extracts and Fulldazin fungicides against Penicillium digitatum in potato tuber. The aqueous extract prepared of Mesquite leaves, used three concentrations (25%, 50%, and 100%). Results that have been obtained show that the effect of the aqueous extracts of the leaves Mesquite in all concentrations was of significant effect in inhibiting the growth of fungus compared to the control. As a result, this study shows that the Mesquite leaves containing materials with the effect of an anti-fungal growth