Abstract
Pomegranate fruit rot is caused by the fungi Penicillium spp., Aspergillus spp., Botrytis cinerea, Rhizopus spp., Nematospora spp. and Coniella spp. In the present study, the antifungal effects of thymol on the growth of Aspergillus niger and Penicillium commune isolated from pomegranate fruits were investigated in in vitro conditions. The experiment was performed as a factorial based on a completely randomized design (CRD) with three replicates. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum fungicidal concentration (MFC) of thymol for both fungi were 250 and 500 µg mL−1, respectively. The lowest diameter of the Penicillium commune colony (6.66 mm) was found at a concentration of 250 µg mL−1 after 168 h; however, it was not significantly (p ≤ 0.01) different from the diameter of the Aspergillus niger colony at the same time. Thymol at the concentration of 500 µg mL−1 had a similar effect as a fungicidal agent compared with thiabendazole (1500 µg mL−1).
Supplementary Materials
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Author Contributions
A.R. (Azam Ranjbar): data curation, formal analysis, writing original draft; A.R. (Asghar Ramezanian): Supervision, lab equipment’s, editing paper. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.
Funding
This research was supported by the Research Affairs Office at Shiraz University (Grant # 99GCB1M153030).
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