The present study aimed to find the toxicity of aqueous and methanol extracts three different brown macroalgae viz., Padina tetrastromatica, Sargassum wightii Turbinaria conoides against tobacco cutworm, Spodoptera litura. Larval mortality was noticed in both at all concentrations tested a dose-dependent increase after 96 h exposure with 73.33, 56.66, 50.00 per cent extract; 50.00, 46.66 43.33 ...

Turbinaria conoides (J. Agardh) Kutzing ,(Phaeophyceae) a marine seaweed, and Marsilea quadrifolia Linn. (Marsileaceae) an aquatic fern, were tested for activity against Tobacco necrotic virus (TNV) and bacteria (antimicrobial). Local lesion method was adopted and half leaf comparisons were made in cotyledonary leaves of Cyamopsis tetragonoloba Taub.(Linn.). Extracts of the experimental plants ...

This work reported on the in vitro antibacterial activity of six selected marine algae (seaweeds) which have been selected and their extracts have been tested as an alternative to commonly used antibiotics. Extracts of six seaweed samples namely Codium decorticatum, Caulerpa scalpelliformis, Gracilaria crassa, Acanthophora spicifera, Sargassum wightii and Turbinaria conoides were collected from...