Sherkhane AS
Vidya Pratishthan’s Arts, Science and Commerce College,
Baramati
India
Research Article
Control of Bacterial Blight Disease of Pomegranate Using Silver Nanoparticles
Author(s): Sherkhane AS, Suryawanshi HH, Mundada PS and Shinde BPSherkhane AS, Suryawanshi HH, Mundada PS and Shinde BP
Successful cultivation is difficult to pomegranate growers due to Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. punicae which cause bacterial blight disease to pomegranate has become serious threat. However, everyone is looking for solution; this problem is resolved by synthesizing silver nanoparticles by the reduction of silver ions in aqueous solutions with the help of green synthesis method. In the present study the causative agent was isolated from the infected pomegranate fruits and was tested with silver nanoparticles which are synthesized from leaf extracts of Tulsi, Neem, Tridax and Drumstick at variable concentrations and it was found that silver nanoparticle containing Tulsi extract with 15 mM concentration showed maximum zone of inhibition (22 mm), then Tridax (20 mm), Neem (19 mm) and Drumstick (18 mm) while at 1 mM concentration it shows minimum. The bioreductio.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2157-7439.1000500