Evaluation of growth promoting activity of Pleurotus ostreatus extract on Trigonella foenum, Cicer arietinum, Brassica nigra, Coriandrum sativum
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Mushroom extract, Coriandrum sativum, Brassica nigraAbstract
Increase in the human population brings in a demand for large scale production of agricultural products to meet the needs. To minimize the loss in the production of plant products, due to pests, use of pesticides has become an unavoidable practice. The harmful impact of chemical pesticides has invariantly brought in the necessity of biopesticide usage. As a result, a number of studies propose many herbal and natural plants extracts to replace the chemical pesticides. Mushroom extract has been proven to be an active biopesticide that can be used on the plants to control plant diseases. It has many low molecular and high molecular proteins, which are reported to be effective antimicrobial agents. Several plant pathogens have been identified to be susceptible to mushroom extract. Active compounds like ethyl 2-methylbutyrate, linalool, methional , 3-octanone from the extract are currently explored for preparations of biopesticides. Present study focuses on growth promoting activity of Pleurotus ostreatus mushroom extract on selected plants. Experiments were conducted to evaluate growth promotional activity of Pleurotus ostreatus extract on Trigonella foenum, Cicer arietinum, Brassica nigra, Coriandrum sativum. In potted plant experiments various concentrations of mushroom extract was tested in triplicates. It has been evident from the study that, with increasing concentration of mushroom extract, a selective growth promotion in Trigonella foenum was observed whereas a significant inhibition in growth was found with Brassica nigra, Cicer arietinum, Coriandrum sativum. A considerable change in the rhizosphere flora was also observed in the presence of mushroom extract which could have influenced the growth. The statistical analysis by ANOVA revealed a significant value p<0.05, showing a significant impact of mushroom extract on growth in the selected plants.
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