Effect of Azadirachta indica extract on the radial growth of some test fungi isolated from two varieties of cocoyam (Colocasia esculenta L.) corms and cormels in some markets in Plateau State, Nigeria

Antifungal effect of aqueous and ethanol extracts of null Azadirachta indica null on the radial growth of fungal pathogens of stored cocoyam corms and cormels was investigated. Four different extract concentrations were used from the plant leaves. Pathogenicity test showed that: null Alternaria alternata, Fusarium oxysporum, Verticilium lateritium, Botrydiplodia theobramae, Colletotricum coccoides, Phythium myriotylum, Fusarium verticillioides,...