Studies On Antifungal Activities Of Some Medicinal Plants Against Ceratocystis Paradoxa Causing Pineapple Disease

The antifungal properties of the leaf extracts of Pandanus odoratissimum, Cedrus deodara, Capparis zeylanica, Mirabilis jalapa, Eicchornia crasspies, Gardenia jasminoides, Spermacoce hispida, Nymphaea nouchali, Melothria heterophylla, Enicostemma littorale, against one pathogen isolates of Ceratocystis paradoxa isolated from sugarcan filds. The pathogen Ceratocystis Paradoxa causation Organism and commonly called the pineapple disease in sugar cane. The antifungal assay was determined by well diffusion method. Three different solvents such as Methanol, Ethanol and Aqueous were used. Among the three solvent methanolic extracts of all the treated plant leaves showed significant inhibitory activity followed by ethanol and aqueous extract. There was no activity found with aqueous extract of all the plant tested.