Antifungal Compounds of Tribulus terrestris Root for the Control of Pyricularia oryzae, the Cause of Rice Blast Disease
Arshad Javaid1*, Freeha Anjum1, Aneela Anwar2, Mahrukh Asif1, Sadia Ahmad1 and Malik F.H. Ferdosi3
1Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan; 2Department of Chemistry, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan; 3Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab Lahore, Pakistan.
*Correspondence | Arshad Javaid, Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan; Email:
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Figure 1:
Effect of different concentrations of methanolic root extract of Tribulus terrestris on biomass of Pyricularia oryzae. Vertical bars show standard errors of means of three replicates. Values with different letters at their top show significant difference (P≤0.05) as determined by LSD test.
Figure 2:
GC-MS chromatogram of methanolic root extract of Tribulus terrestris.