Tomato cultivation has a great worldwide interest. The quality of tomato fruit is economic and health importance. Being rich in water generally stored at 4 °C, tomatoes risk rapid infection. This work was interested isolating studying pathogenic fungi fruit. isolations subcultures were carried out on the PDA medium. Morphological characterization identified 5 Solanum lycopersicum fruits: Altern...

Mycotoxin-producing fungi are a significant source of crop and food contamination, posing threat to global safety security. Essential oils, plant extracts phytochemicals have emerged as green preservatives extend the shelf-life foods due their unique antimicrobial properties. Unlike conventional synthetic preservatives, they sustainable safe way preserve with no or little harmful effects on env...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Unhygienic poultry feedstuffs can lead to nutrient losses and detrimental effect on poultry production and public health. In the present study, mycobiota and colony-forming units per gram in ingredients and finish poultry feed was evaluated with special reference to potentially mycotoxigenic fungi. MATERIALS AND METHODS Eighty five samples of corn, soybean meal and p...

The efficiency of different natural plant extracts and of the chemical fungicide Micronite was carried out to determine their effects on the soil fungi particularly phytopathogenic and mycotoxigenic fungi Fusarium oxysporum, Alternaria alternata and Aspergillus flavus. In vitro studies were carried out to test the antifungal activity of 4 plant extracts; performed with either cold distilled wat...

Stilbenoids (resveratrol and its derivatives) are secondary metabolites produced by plants as defence mechanism to microbial infection. These compounds known for their anti-inflammatory action health benefits in preventing a wide range of disorders (e.g. cancer cardiovascular diseases). However, antimicrobial properties less investigated. A series 8 stilbenoid were synthesized antifungal activi...