ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY OF Senna occidentalis ROOT EXTRACT AGAINST Macrophomina phaseolina AND ITS GC-MS ANALYSIS

  • Arshad Javaid Institute of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab Lahore, Pakistan
  • Haleema Qudsia Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
  • Iqra Haider Khan Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
  • Aneela Anwar Department of Basic Sciences, University of Engineering and Technology, KSK Campus, Lahore, Pakistan.
  • Malik F. H. Ferdosi Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.28941/pjwsr.v28i1.1033
Keywords: Antifungal activity, Macrophomina phaseolina, Root extract, Senna occidentalis, Weed

Abstract

 Hundreds of plant species, including many economically important crop plants, are attacked by a highly destructive soil-borne fungus Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goid. In the present study, methanolic root extract of septicweed [Senna occidentalis (L.) Link] was evaluated against M. phaseolina. Different concentrations of the extract (0.5 to 3.0%) considerably decreased fungal biomass by 33–43%. Nine compounds were recognized when the extract was analyzed by GC-MS. The major compound was 11-octadecanoic acid, methyl ester (26.49%) followed by (5β)pregnane-3,20β-diol, 14α d-mannose (13.85%);, 18α-[4-methyl-3-oxo-(1-oxa-4-azabutane-1,4-diyl)]-, diacetate (13.61%); ethyl iso-allocholate (11.37%); pentadecanoic acid, 14-methyl-, methyl ester (11.01%); and 9,12-octadecadienoic acid, methyl ester, (E,E)- (9.76%), which might be the cause of antifungal activity.

Published
2022-03-31
Issue
Vol 28 No 1 (2022): Volume 28, Issue 1 , Year 2022, Month March
Section
Articles