Vol. 11, Issue 8 (2022)

Author(s):
Manvendra Choudhary, Rajni Singh Sasode, Revendra Kushwaha, Shubham Mishra and DK Pancheshwar

Abstract:
Ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc) is a perennial herbaceous plant in the Zingiberaceae family whose rhizomes are used as a spice. Ginger has analgesic, sedative, cardiotonic, and antifungal properties. Phytochemical present in medicinal plant have benefits and antimicribiol activity against some plant pathogenic fungi. However little research has been undertaken on the antifungal activity of these extracts. This research aim at testing the antifungal activity of crude, powdered, boiled and ethanol extracts of ginger against test pathogens. The fungitoxicity of Zingiber officinale rhizome was evaluated in the form of powdered (20%), boiled (20%), crude (20%) and ethanol (2%) extracts against ten fungal pathogens viz., Rhizoctonia solani, R. bataticola, Phoma sorghina, Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, Fusarium pallidorosem, F. oxysporum f. sp. ciceri, Sclerotium rolfsii, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, Alternaria solani and A. alternata under in vitro condition. The concentration of effective form was standardized and compared with the recommended chemical. The results reveals that all the four forms of Z. officinale rhizome extracts significantly inhibited the growth of all above test organisms but none of the forms could absolutely inhibit the growth of any one of the test fungus.