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VOL. 9, ISSUE 1 (2022)
Screening of selected homeopathic medicines against Colletotrichum musae causing anthracnose of banana
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Ashraful Alam, Parag Mistry
Abstract
The goal of this work is to provide a contribution on the effects of homeopathic drugs on fungi. Homeopathic treatments are prepared starting from a mother tincture of different substances, according to standardized protocol which consists in serial aqueous dilutions. Banana anthracnose caused by the pathogen Colletotrichum musae is one of the leading disease which cause enormous losses worldwide. Ten (10) different homeopathic medicines Sepia officinale, Belladonna, Sulphur, Kali iodatum, Thuja Occidentalis, Bryonia, Arsenicum Album, Calcaria sulp, Selenium, Phosphorus at a concentration of 3000 ppm with three potencies (Mother Tincture Q, 30X and 200X) of each medicine were selected and tested against growth of Colletotrichum musae. Interestingly, all the medicines inhibited the mycelial growth of the pathogen. Significantly the highest inhibition percentage of each potencies was found in Arsenicum Album Q (48.64%), Kali iodatum 30X (21.80%) and both Calcaria sulp and Phosphorus at 200X potency (19.92%) followed by other medicines. Out of all the homeopathic medicines with their three potencies Arsenicum album at Q potency was found to be most effective drug on mycelial growth inhibition of C. musae.
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Pages:10-13
How to cite this article:
Ashraful Alam, Parag Mistry "Screening of selected homeopathic medicines against <em>Colletotrichum musae</em> causing anthracnose of banana". International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development, Vol 9, Issue 1, 2022, Pages 10-13
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