Journal of Plant Pathology & Microbiology

Dagnew Bitew

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• Research Article
  Assessment of the Inhibitory Activity of Resin from Juniperus procera against the Mycilium of Pyrofomes demidoffi
  Author(s): Dagnew Bitew Dagnew Bitew
  
  Juniperus procera is an evergreen dioecious more seldom monoecius tree, which belongs to the family Cupressaceae and the only Juniper species, which is found in the mountains of East Africa and it is an important indigenous forest tree species in Ethiopia. However J. procera is subjected to a serious attack by the slow growing white heart-rot fungus, Pyrofomes demidoffii. Resin has been reported to be active against wood colonizing fungi, however, the role of resin of J. procera in protecting the tree from the attack of P. demidoffii is not known. Therefore this study has initiated to assess the inhibitory effect of resin from J.procera against a white rot fungi P. demidoffii. Resin and basidiocarps of P. demidoffii was collected from infected J. procera trees at Menagesha Suba Forest situated 30 km South West of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The antifungal .. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2157-7471.1000291

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