Antifungal activitity of Pennisetum purpureum extract on anthracnose pathogen, colletotrichum gloeosporioides of mango fruit

Abstract

This study was done to determine the effectiveness of Pennisetum purpureum Schumach. crude extract as antifungal agent in inhibiting the growth of anthracnose pathogen, Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Penz. of mango fruit. Extracts from leaves and stems of P. purpureum were extracted by using solvents of hexane, ethyl acetate and methanol to obtain the crude extracts. In vitro assay was performed using agar well diffusion method to determine the antifungal activity of the crude extracts of weed against the C. gloeosporioides. After 48 hours of the incubation period, the diameters of inhibition zones were measured.