ORESHILE KHADIJAT YETUNDE

Botany

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Appointment on Visitation important

Topic: Mycology

Description: Mushroom biology and biotechnology

#	Certificate	School	Year
1.	M.Sc (Mycology/ Plant Pathology)	Department of Botany, University of Lagos.	2020

Antimicrobial efficacies of some plant specimens on fungal diseases of plants

Natural products have always been a source of potent therapeutic agents that have been in use for millennia in the treatment of infectious diseases by traditional practitioners.Hundreds of compounds extracted from plants and fungi have been found to possess antimicrobial activity in vitro.AimTo investigate the antimicrobial efficacies of some plant species on fungal diseases of plants.Methodology Collection of infected tomato fruits from three different areas in Lagos State, Nigeria Inoculation and culturing of the diseased portion of the fruits Sub culturing of the organisms to get pure cultures Pathogenicity test was carried out to check for the diseased symptoms Identification of the isolated organisms using electron microscope and molecular analysis. Antifungal assay was carried out with the crude extracts of some plants using well diffusion method.Expected ResultThe plant extracts are expected to inhibit the growth of the fungal species isolated from the infected plant specimens.Contribution to knowledgeThese plants can be used to control fungal diseases of plants. Extracts obtained from these plants represent an attractive biotechnological approach with potential applications for developing bio-fungicides and for the further purification of valuable metabolites.

ORESHILE KHADIJAT is a Assistant Lecturer at the Department of Botany

ORESHILE has a M.Sc in Mycology/ Plant Pathology from Department of Botany, University of Lagos.