Table 1.
In vitro efficacy of nanoparticles of a) CoFe2O4 and b) NiFe2O4 against mycelial growth of three different plant pathogenic fungi. (Figures in parentheses are arcsine‐transformed values)
| Plant pathogenic fungi | Mycelial growth inhibition [%] | CD0.01 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 ppm | 200 ppm | 300 ppm | 400 ppm | 500 ppm | Mean | ||
| In vitro efficacy of nanoparticles of CoFe2O4 | |||||||
| Colletotrichum gloeosporioides | 39.45 (38.89) | 46.39 (42.91) | 56.67 (48.82) | 77.23 (61.48) | 78.91 (62.63) | 59.73 | 1.03 |
| Dematophora necatrix | 39.44 (38.88) | 50.00 (44.98) | 59.45 (59.44) | 75.56 (60.35) | 88.90 (70.51) | 62.67 | 1.10 |
| Fusarium oxysoprum | 41.10 (39.77) | 50.28 (45.14) | 63.64 (52.92) | 75.84 (60.54) | 87.62 (69.37) | 63.70 | 4.29 |
| In vitro efficacy of nanoparticles of NiFe2O4 | |||||||
| Colletotrichum gloeosporioides | 43.25 (41.10) | 54.06 (47.31) | 61.94 (51.89) | 78.06 (62.05) | 81.39 (64.42) | 63.74 | 1.04 |
| Dematophora necatrix | 43.61 (41.31) | 52.78 (46.57) | 61.39 (51.57) | 78.89 (62.64) | 93.33 (75.00) | 66.00 | 1.75 |
| Fusarium oxysoprum | 58.06 (49.63) | 60.28 (50.92) | 68.61 (55.92) | 83.33 (65.94) | 89.45 (71.02) | 71.95 | 2.35 |