Nematoxic Effect of (Polar and Non-Polar) Chemical Constituents of Cumin (Cyminum Spp.) Against Meloidogyne javanica
Saima Mehar1, Amtul Sami2 and Erum Iqbal3*
1Sardar Bahadur Khan Women University, Chemistry Department, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan; 2Deptartment of Health Biotechnology, Women University Swabi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan; 3National Nematological Research Centre, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan.
*Correspondence | Erum Iqbal, National Nematological Research Centre, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan; Email:
[email protected]
Table 1:.
Effect of cumin seeds Cuminumcyminum and Nigella sativa using polar and non-polar extracts on egg hatching and mortality of Meloidogyne javanica at different time intervals.
a= values are in ppm.
Figure 1:
Comparative graph of C.cyminum and N. sativa fractionates in different solvents, (A: MeOH, B: chloroform, C: ether, D: BuOH, E:hexane) for their performance in egg hatching inhibition% of Meloidogyne javanica after 72 hours of treatmnet.