The effect of cold and hot aqueous Rosmarinus officinalis and Mentha piperita leaves extracts on the growth of Fusarium oxysporum

Abstract

This study was carried to examine the effect of cold and hot aqueous extracts of Rosmarinus officilanis
and Mentha piperita leaves on the growth of Fusarium oxysporum and grown on the nutritional medium PDA
(Potato dextrose ager at a temperature 25ºc±2 , to determine their inhibitory effect on fungi growth.
The results showed that the efficacy of inhibition of different cold and hot aqueous extracts were equal on the
growth of F. oxysporum as the growth of F. oxysporum was inhibited ( 5.6 % ) on the solid medium PDA at
25ºc±2 .