STATISTICAL ANALYSIS ON THE POTENTIAL ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY OF SOME ESSENTIAL OILS OBTAINED FROM MEDICINAL PLANTS

Abstract

The paper presents descriptive statistics of the experimental results regarding the potential antifungal activity of four essential oils obtained from new varieties of medicinal plants created in Romania (Yellow basil, Red basil, Marigold and Hyssop). Efficacy tests were performed on the phytopathogenic fungus Fusarium oxysporum ZUM 2407, using four concentrations, each with four repeats. It was observed the direct dependence of the efficacy of the antifungal action of the essential oils depending on the concentration used, but also its decrease in time, due to volatilization and consumption in the control process. It was established that the action of the studied essential oils is rather fungistatic for all the analyzed variants. Based on the efficacy of the antifungal action of those four essential oils, the analyzed variants could be ranked as attack intensity and a measure of economic efficiency was developed in order to further apply these solutions in agricultural practice