African Journal of
Microbiology Research

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Microbiol. Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0808
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJMR
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 5228

Full Length Research Paper

Antifungal activities of neem (Azadirachta indica) seed kernel extracts on postharvest diseases in fruits

Jingfa Wang, Jian Li, Jiankang Cao and Weibo Jiang*
  College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University. P.O. Box 608, Qinghua Donglu No. 17, Beijing, 100083, China.  
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 17 May 2010
  •  Published: 04 June 2010

Abstract

 

To learn the antifungal effects of neem seed kernel extract (NE) on the post harvest diseases, pathogens of Monilinia fructicola, Penicillium expansum, Trichothecium roseum and Alternaria alternate isolated from the infected fruit were treated with NE in vitro. Results showed that growth of the four pathogens could be significantly (P < 0.05) reduced by NE. The diseases in fruit of plum (Prunus salicina) or Yali pear (Pyrus bertschneideri) inoculated with the pathogens could be prevented remarkably by treated fruit with NE.

 

Key words: Neem seed kernel extracts, antifungal, fruits, post harvest, pathogens

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