Antifungal Activity of Aqueous Extracts of Some Dominant Algerian Medicinal Plants

Table 2

Effects of 10% and 20% concentrations of aqueous extracts of different plants on Fusarium graminearum and F. sporotrichioides mycelial growth index.

Treatment		Mycelia growth index (mm/h)		Means
		F. graminearum	F. sporotrichioides
Control	0%	0.65  ±  0.028	0.70  ±  0.057	0.675
Artemisia herba alba	10%	0.47  ±  0.005	0.57  ±  0.005	0.52
	20%	0.40  ±  0.028	0.53  ±  0.033	0.46
Cotula cinerea	10%	0.51  ±  0.005	0.65  ±  0.028	0.58
	20%	0.46  ±  0.005	0.61  ±  0.01	0.535
Asphodelus tenuifolius	10%	0.31  ±  0.005	0.48  ±  0.011	0.395
	20%	0.28  ±  0.008	0.50  ±  0.057	0.393
Euphorbia guyoniana	10%	1  ±  0.00	0.40  ±  0.05	0.7
	20%	0.90  ±  0.00	0.30  ±  0.057	0.65
Means	—	0.55	0.53	—

The radial mycelial growth was measured 6 days after inoculation (the data reported are the mean diameters expressed in mm, including the inoculation discs of 5 mm). Values are represented as mean ± SEM. Different letters indicate significant differences (LSD test; ).