Production and extraction of phytotoxins from Colletotrichum dematium FGCC# 20 effective against Parthenium hysterophorus L.

Abstract

The aim of this work was to study the herbicidal potential of Cell free culture filtrate of Colletotrichum dematium FGCC#20 against Parthenium by employing different bioassays i.e. shoot-cut, seedling, detached leaf and seed germination. On solvent extraction of the Cell free culture filtrate, Ethyl acetate extracted fraction showed the presence of phytotoxic moiety.

Keywords

• Parthenium hysterophorus
• Colletotrichum dematium
• bioassay
• Cell Free Culture Filtrate (CFCF)
• solvent extraction
• hours post treatment (hpt)