Inhibitory Effect of Cow Urine against <i>Colletotrichum capsici</i> Isolated from Anthracnose of Chilli (<i>Capsicum annuum L.</i>)

Abstract

Article InformationCow urine has got several applications in agriculture. It is shown to possess inhibitory activity against many phytopathogenic fungi and bacteria. Among various diseases of Chilli, anthracnose is the most important disease which results in drastic reduction in yield. The present study was conducted with an aim to determine antifungal efficacy of cow urine against Colletotrichum capsici isolated from anthracnose of chilli (Capsicum annuum L.). Poisoned food technique was employed to determine antifungal activity of different concentrations of cow urine (5, 10 and 15%). Cow urine was found to display concentration dependent inhibitory activity against fungal growth. An inhibition of >50% was observed at 5% concentration. In conclusion, the use of cow urine can be the costeffective and eco-friendly approach for controlling anthracnose in chilli.

Antifungal Activity of Cow Urine Extracts of Selected Plants Against Phytopathogenic Fungi

“…Cow urine has immense applications in agriculture, for example antifungal and insecticidal, as revealed by several literatures [8,[20][21][22][23][24]. Formulations containing cow urine and plants have been shown to display mycelial growth inhibitory activity against a range of phytopathogenic fungi.…”

“…Natural products including cow urine and cow urine based formulations have been investigated for antifungal activity and the results appeared promising [1][2][3][4][5]. Cow urine is shown to exhibit potent inhibitory activity against a wide range of pathogenic microbes including phytopathogenic fungi [3,4,[6][7][8][9][10][11]. Similarly, formulations based on cow urine and plants have shown to possess inhibitory effect against various pathogenic microorganisms [12][13][14][15][16][17].…”

Inhibitory Activity of <i>Polyalthia longifolia</i>, <i>Anaphalis lawii</i> and <i>Gnidia glauca</i> against Colletotrichum <i>capsici</i> and Urinary Tract Pathogens

“…The anthracnose disease is caused by Colletotrichum species. Among various species implicated in causing anthracnose of chilli, C. capsici is the most important pathogen (Ushakiran et al, 2006;Anand et al, 2007;Ratanacherdchai et al, 2007;Than et al, 2008;Narasimhan and Shivakumar, 2012;Masoodi et al, 2013;Kambar et al, 2013). In the present study, we investigated antifungal effect of extracts of different parts of P. longifolia, G. glauca and A. lawii against C. capsici isolated from anthracnose of chilli by poisoned food technique.…”

“…In the present study, we investigated antifungal effect of extracts of different parts of P. longifolia, G. glauca and A. lawii against C. capsici isolated from anthracnose of chilli by poisoned food technique. This technique is widely used to evaluate antifungal activity of a variety of samples including plant extracts (Chutia et al, 2009;Farooq et al, 2010;Rakesh et al, 2013;Kambar et al, 2013). Extracts of P. longifolia exhibited higher inhibition of mycelial growth of C. capsici followed by A. lawii and G. glauca.…”

In vitro Study on the Effect of Some Plant Extracts, Cow urine, Cow dung, Cow milk and Honey against Colletotrichum capsici

“…Rahman et al, (2005) also reported Garlic extracts to be the best for controlling pre-dominant fungi of chilli followed by Neem and Ginger. Kambar et al, (2013) reported the inhibitory effect of cow urine against C. capsici under the in vitro study. Ushakiran et al, (2006) also reported high inhibitory effect of the Garlic extract on the growth of the fungi causing fruit rot of chilli.…”