Controlling maize seed fungi contamination by using various essential oil mixtures

• Main Authors: Kantapa R., Kunasakdakul K., Vearasilp S., Thanapornpoonpong S.
• Format: Article
• Published: Chiang Mai University 2015
• Subjects: Multidisciplinary
• Online Access: http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84872256504&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/38057
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

The effect of various mixture of essential oil for control maize seeds fungi were investigated. Seeds were coated with clove oil (CO) and basil oil (BO), clove oil (CO) and peppermint oil (PO) and basil oil (BO) and peppermint oil (PO) at ratio of 1:3, 1:1 and 3:1 were used respectively. The seed-borne fungi from uncoated seed were assayed by Blotter method. 5 seed-borne fungi were found; 100% Aspergillus flavus, 17.5% Aspergillus niger, 19.5% Rhizopus sp., 6.0% Penicillium sp. and 5.5% Fusarium sp. The seeds coated with the mixture of CO and BO at the ratio of 1:3, 1:1 and 3:1 showed the inhibition percentage of all fungi which were not statistically different. CO and BO (1:1) showed the best concentrations that control effectively seed-borne fungi with no negative effects on seed vigor and viability.