Table 1.
Impact of plant extract concentration on growth of A. flavus as measured by colony diameter after 7 days of culture at 27 °C.
| Fungal Growth | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| (% of Untreated Control) | |||
| Mate | Rosemary | Green Tea | |
| Concentration of extract | |||
| (mg DM/mL a) | |||
| 0 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 0.0281 | 96% *** | nt b | 96% ** |
| 0.0563 | 97% * | nt | 97% ** |
| 0.113 | 96% ** | nt | 96% ** |
| 0.225 | 98% *** | 98% ** | 88% *** |
| 0.45 | 96% ** | 96% ** | 91% ** |
| 0.9 | 99% ** | 97% * | 95% * |
| 1.8 | 95% * | 94% *** | 92% ** |
| 3.6 | 100% ** | 92% ** | 90% * |
| 7.2 | 98% ** | 84% ** | 82% * |
Shown are the means of six replicates; a: mg DM/mL: mg of dry mater/milliliter of culture medium; b: nt: not tested. Significant differences with untreated control are indicated by * for p-value< 0.05, ** for p-value < 0.01, and *** for p-value < 0.001.