Antifungal Activity of Essential Oil of Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnh. against Selected Fusarium spp.
Table 2
Growth inhibition rates (%) with MIC and MFC concentrations of E. camaldulensis essential oil against five Fusarium species after five days of incubation.
Essential oil concentration (µL/mL)
Mycelial growth inhibition (%)
F. solani
F. oxysporum
F. verticillioides
F. proliferatum
F. subglutinans
(1)
35.22 ± 1.66
31.48 ± 2.13
40.32 ± 1.61
46.03 ± 1.83
32.20 ± 1.96
(2)
53.46 ± 1.26
54.94 ± 1.63
57.53 ± 2.34
60.85 ± 1.06
51.98 ± 2.04
(3)
44.65 ± 2.27
61.73 ± 163
62.90 ± 0.93
65.08 ± 1.59
57.63 ± 1.96
(4)
75.47 ± 2.18
70.99 ± 163
67.20 ± 2.43
74.07 ± 2.31
68.36 ± 2.04
(5)
78.62 ± 1.66
80.25 ± 1.63
76.88 ± 1.42
79.89 ± 1.4
86.44 ± 0.98
(6)
84.28 ± 1.66
89.51 ± 1.63
84.95 ± 1.04
85.71 ± 0.92
88.70 ± 1.13
(7)
93.71 ± 1.66
100
87.63 ± 1.42
93.12 ± 1.40
89.83 ± 0.98
(8)
100
100
100
100
100
(9)
100
100
100
100
100
(10)
100
100
100
100
100
Values are mean ± standard error of the mean for bioassay conducted in triplicate. Means followed by the same letter(s) are not significantly different (multivariate analysis, Fisher’s protected LSD at ). Minimum inhibitory concentration; minimum fungicidal concentration.
