Hydroquinone, A Promising Antioxidant for Managing Seed-borne Pathogenic Fungi of Peanut

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Hydroquinone, A Promising Antioxidant for Managing Seed-borne Pathogenic Fungi of Peanut

Elwakil, Mohamed A. and El-Metwally Mohamed A.

Six antioxidants were tested in vitro and in vivo against seed-borne fungi of peanut. Hydroquinone showed a highly significant effect on the growth of the following fungi: Cephalosporium sp., Fusarium moniliforme, F. oxysporum, F. solani, Rhizoctonia solani, Sclerotium bataticola and Verticillium sp. Soaking peanut seeds in a 20 mM water solution of hydroquinone for 12 hours before planting significantly decreased pre- and post-emergence damping off incited by all tested fungi. Seedling survival and plant vigor in all treatments, including the check, was increased.

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Elwakil, Mohamed A. and El-Metwally Mohamed A., 2000. Hydroquinone, A Promising Antioxidant for Managing Seed-borne Pathogenic Fungi of Peanut. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 3: 374-375.

DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2000.374.375

URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2000.374.375

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Hydroquinone, A Promising Antioxidant for Managing Seed-borne Pathogenic Fungi of Peanut

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