Antifungal Activity of Essential Oil of Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnh. against Selected Fusarium spp.
Table 3
Inhibition zone (mm) on test fungi by different concentrations of Eucalyptus camaldulensis essential oil after five days of incubation.
Fungi
Essential oil concentration (% v/v)
Apron star (+ control)
100
50
25
12.5
6.25
3.13
1.56
F. solani
20.33 ± 1.20
22.33 ± 1.20
17.43 ± 1.20
7.31 ± 0.33
6.00
6.00
6.00
15.00
F. oxysporum
24.67 ± 1.20
18.00 ± 1.53
13.67 ± 0.33
11.67 ± 0.33
9.00 ± 0.58
7.33 ± 0.33
6.00
25.33
F. verticillioides
12.67 ± 1.20
10.67 ± 0.67
8.00 ± 1.84
7.00 ± 0.57
6.00
6.00
6.00
31.67
F. proliferatum
12.00 ± 0.58
13.00 ± 1.53
11.67 ± 0.88
9.33 ± 0.33
12.00 ± 0.58
6.00
6.00
34.33
F. subglutinans
15.33 ± 0.88
12.33 ± 1.20
11.33 ± 0.33
10.00 ± 0.58
9.00 ± 0.58
6.00
6.00
36.33
Values are mean ± standard error of the mean for bioassay conducted in triplicates. Means followed by the same letter(s) are not significantly different (multivariate analysis, Fisher’s protected LSD at ).
