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Table 6 Inhibitory zones of chitinase (crude enzyme) against pathogenic fungi

From: Antifungal activity of chitinase produced by Streptomyces species isolated from grassland soils in Futa Area, Akure

Streptomyces species/chemical fungicide

Test fungi/zones of inhibition (mm)

Magnaporthe oryzae

Fusarium graminearum

Rhizoctonia solani

Puccinia species

Botrytis cinerea

Streptomyces rimosus

5.12 ± 1.45c

4.23 ± 0.22c

2.17 ± 0.17b

4.25 ± 2.20c

1.31 ± 0.08b

Streptomyces albus

10.19 ± 0.75c

10.74 ± 0.29d

9.22 ± 2.07d

10.06 ± 3.52d

8.10 ± 1.25d

Streptomyces riseoflavus

0.56 ± 0.47a

4.04 ± 0.04c

5.01 ± 2.01c

3.21 ± 1.02c

4.28 ± 2.10c

Streptomyces flavogriseus

2.80 ± 0.22b

2.11 ± 0.03b

1.42 ± 0.09b

1.22 ± 0.11b

1.60 ± 0.56b

Mancozeb

17.14 ± 0.15d

18.95 ± 0.07e

13.09 ± 0.34e

12.21 ± 0.12d

10.78 ± 0.26d

Negative control

0.00 ± 0.00a

0.00 ± 0.00a

0.00 ± 0.00a

0.00 ± 0.00a

0.00 ± 0.00a

  1. Values are expressed in mean ± SEM. P < 0.05 was considered to be statistically significant