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Fungitoxic effects of plantain ash on rot development in yam minisetts and cassava ministems

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E.O. Osai
Department of Agricultural Biology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
T. Ikotun
Department of Agricultural Biology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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Fungitoxic
Plantain ash
Rot
Yam minisetts
Cassava ministems

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Fungitoxic effects of plantain ash on rot development in yam minisetts and cassava ministems. (1996). Tropical Agriculture, 73(3). https://journals.sta.uwi.edu/ojs/index.php/ta/article/view/2583
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Abstract

Ash from the rachis of plantain (Musa sp.) inflorescences was evaluated for its fungitoxicity against Sclerotium rolfsii, Botryodiplodia theobromae, Penicillium oxalicum, and Trichoderma longibrachyatum. The growth and spore germination of all four fungi were completely inhibited at 0.1 g mL- 1 concentration. The ash also reduced rot of yam minisetts and cassava ministems at 0.05, 0.1, and 0.15 g mL-1 concentrations.
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