National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Calotropis (madar) is used as a traditional medicine either alone or with other actives in the treatment of fever, rheumatism, indigestion, cough, cold, eczema, asthma, elephantiasis, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. In Ayurveda the dried whole plant is recommended as a tonic, expectorant, depurative, harbs and anitparasitic. The dried root bark is a substitute for vomiting. The flowers are bitter, digestive, astringent, stomachic, anthelmintic, vermicide and tonic. Alternaria alternata isolated from Calotropis gigantea showed excellent growth in potato carrot agar (PCA) medium with a colony diameter of 2 cm after 4 days of incubation at 27ËšC for 8 days and declined from 11th day of incubation. Alternaria alternata favoured slightly acidic and neutral ph range while poor mycelia development was observed in alkaline medium. At alkaline ph, hydrogen ion concentration had inhibitory effect on the growth and development of mycelia and pigmentation of the fungus. Alternaria alternata could grow at a wide range of temperature between 20-30ËšC. Best growth and sporulation of the fungus was observed at 27ËšC, with colony diameter of 2.6 cms and sporulation. At 27ËšC, the colony diameter was 2.6 cm and sporulation was good. The fungus attained its best growth and sporulation at 95 and 100% RH, with colony diameter measuring 2.6 and 2.9cm respectively. Alternaria alternata appears from June to August at temperature of 25 to 30ºC.
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