Efficacy of Alternaria alternate NMK1 Secondary Metabolites against some Seed-borne Fungi (original) (raw)

2020, Egyptian Journal of Botany

Egyptian Journal of Botany http://ejbo.journals.ekb.eg/ 37 belonging to Aspergillus and Penicillium genera are the most dominant. They include A. flavus, A. ochraceus, A. parasiticus, A. versicolor, P. verrucosum, P. chrysogenum, P. griseofulvum, P. cyclopium and P. citrinum (Aziz & Mahrous, 2004). These fungi produce mycotoxins which can be nephrotoxic, teratogenic, mutagenic, immunosuppressive and carcinogenic to a variety of organisms including humans (Groopman et al., 1988; Massey et al., 1995). Furthermore, they are responsible for feed refusal (Alshannaq & Yu, 2017). A number of strategies, involving chemical and physical methods, have been proposed for the prevention of fungal contamination of 538