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Table 2 Effectiveness of different solvents in extracting inhibitory substances from freeze-dried powder of liquid culture of Eupenicillium brefeldianum against germination of Alternaria brassicicola conidia

From: Characterization of a fungicidal substance produced by Eupenicillium brefeldianum isolated from soil for plant disease control and its significance in nature

 

Germination (%)a

 

Extract

Control

Solvent

4 h

24 h

4 h

Water

2

67

100

Ethanol

0

79

99

Methanol

0

20

100

Acetone

89

 

99

Ethyl acetate

96

 

99

Ether

89

 

91

Chloroform

97

 

96

Water (control)

97

  
  1. aSpore suspension mixed with the same amount of extract was incubated at 28°C. Data were means of three replicates.