Effect of formulated plant oils applied alone and in combinations on wheat leaf rust disease and grain yield [electronic resource].

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Antifungal activity of certain plant oils and some of their combinations on wheat leaf rust, Puccinia recondita f.sp. tritici was evaluated under field conditions. All treatments of the tested plant oils, applied alone or in pairs, showed significant reduction in leaf rust severity of wheat cultivar, Giza 160. Of the formulated essential oils applied singly, caraway oil and peppermint oil were the most effective at the rate of 0.8% in reducing leaf rust severity which ranged from 76.3-86.0% in the plots treated with caraway oil and 72.9-81.5% in plots treated with peppermint oil, respectively.

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