Black mold and Fusarium base rot of onion is caused by Aspergillus niger and Fusarium oxysporum . cepae are the most destructive diseases of onion in storage causing accountable losses of about 80 per cent and more than 50 per cent respectively. All the botanicals evaluated in vitro were found fungistatic/antifungal against both pathogen. In the botanicals viz. A. sativum and O. sanctum were found most antifungal to A. niger and Fusarium oxysporum . cepae with maximum mycelial growth inhibition. | Management of storage diseases of onion by using different botanicals
