Antifungal properties of essential oil of Mentha spicata L. var. MSS-5 Yadav Ramesh Singh1, Kumar Sandeep1, Dikshit Anupam2 1Department of Plant Pathology, S.V.B.P. University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut - 250110, (U.P.), India. 2Department of Botany, University of Allahabad, Allahabad-211002, (U.P.), India Abstract Studies on various antifungal properties of essential oil of Mentha spicata L.var. MSS-5 showed cidal effect on mycelial growth of test fungi viz., 1100ppm against Aspergillus ochraceus Wilhelm, 1000ppm against Penicillum digitatum Sacc and Pyricularia oryzae Cavara and 700ppm against Alternaria alternata (fr.) Keissler. Oil was found to be thermo stable upto 80°C and remained active upto 24 months at room temperature, it possessed quick fungicidal action, activity on broad pH range, broad fungitoxic spectrum. Its volatile vapours was also found fungitoxic at 2200ppm concentration. Top Key words Fungitoxicity, Antifungal, Mentha spicata. Top |