The most important losses in agricultural production which involve the greatest costs on the
farm economy occur postharvest. It is estimated that worldwide between 10 and 40% losses …

Phytomedicines are increasingly being established in modern medical science. The shrub
Ipomoea carnea has been used traditionally for thousands of years. However, there are few …

Sheath blight disease has become a major constraint in cultivation of rice in Guyana
inflicting significant yield losses. Eleven plant extracts, three biocontrol agents and five new …

There were tested and screened, in vitro and in vivo, for the first time in Romania, nine
respectively six plant extracts manufactured by Hofigal SA against Botrytis cinerea (strain Bc …

Fusarium equiseti strain FCHE and Fusarium oxysporum strain FCHJ were isolated from the
roots of wilting habanero pepper (Capsicum chinense Jacq.) seedlings with root rot. Toward …

Rice is one of the most important crop planted on earth. It provide food and employment for
thousands of persons daily through out the world. In Guyana the rice industry is one of the …

Pathogenic fungi were isolated from oilseeds like groundnut, soybean, sesame, sunflower
and safflower on PDA medium. Antifungal activity of aqueous and methanolic leaf extract of …

The antifungal activity of the ethanolic leaf extracts of Dioscorea dumetorum and Moringa
oleifera on the fungal pathogens isolated from infected cocoa pods were investigated in vitro …

Cluster bean has become popular not only for consumption as vegetable but also as good
source of useful industrial “Guar gum”. Cluster bean commonly recognized as a summer …

The fungitoxic effects of different solvents viz., acetone, chloroform, distilled water, ethanol
and methanol extractions of two weeds namely, Parthenium hysterophorus and Datura …