Table 4 Antifungal effects of extracts from selected medicinal plant species on the radial growth of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides.

A. sativum

19.67 ± 0.33ⁱ

78.14 ± 0.37^b

17.67 ± 0.33ⁱ

80.37 ± 0.37^b

13.33 ± 0.33^g

85.19 ± 0.37^b

15.33 ± 0.67ⁱ

82.97 ± 0.74^b

R. chalepensis

14.67 ± 0.33^j

83.70 ± 0.37^a

12.67 ± 0.33^j

85.92 ± 0.37^a

10.00 ± 0.00^h

88.89 ± 0.00^a

12.33 ± 0.33^j

86.30 ± 0.37^a

S. latifolius

24.00 ± 0.58^h

73.33 ± 0.64^c

22.00 ± 1.00^h

75.56 ± 1.11^c

18.67 ± 0.33^f

79.26 ± 0.37^c

20.67 ± 0.33^h

77.03 ± 0.37^c

N. sativa

27.00 ± 0.00^g

70.00 ± 0.00^d

25.00 ± 0.00^g

72.22 ± 0.00^d

23.67 ± 0.33^e

73.70 ± 0.37^d

25.00 ± 0.00^g

72.22 ± 0.00^d

E. kebericho

37.33 ± 0.33^d

58.52 ± 0.37^g

34.33 ± 0.33^d

61.86 ± 0.37^g

29.33 ± 0.33^c

67.41 ± 0.37^f

31.33 ± 0.33^d

65.19 ± 0.37^g

C. aurea

34.67 ± 0.33^e

61.48 ± 0.37^f

30.67 ± 0.33^f

65.92 ± 0.37^e

26.00 ± 0.00^d

71.11 ± 0.00^e

28.67 ± 0.33^f

68.14 ± 0.37^e

J. schimpeniana

30.33 ± 0.33^f

66.30 ± 0.37^e

32.67 ± 0.33^e

63.70 ± 0.37^f

28.67 ± 0.33^c

68.14 ± 0.37^f

30.00 ± 0.00^e

66.67 ± 0.00^f

O. abyssinica

40.67 ± 0.33^c

54.81 ± 0.37^h

37.00 ± 0.00^c

58.89 ± 0.00^h

34.67 ± 0.33^b

61.48 ± 0.37^g

36.67 ± 0.33^c

59.26 ± 0.37^h

O. lamiifolium

43.00 ± 0.00^b

52.22 ± 0.00ⁱ

40.67 ± 0.33^b

54.81 ± 0.37ⁱ

36.67 ± 2.03^b

59.26 ± 2.25^g

41.00 ± 0.58^b

54.44 ± 0.64ⁱ

Control

90.00 ± 0.00^a

0.00 ± 0.00^j

90.00 ± 0.00^a

0.00 ± 0.00^j

90.00 ± 0.00^a

0.00 ± 0.00^h

90.00 ± 0.00^a

0.00 ± 0.00^j

LSD (0.05)

0.93

1.04

1.20

1.34

2.04

2.26

1.08

1.19

CV

1.52

1.02

2.06

1.27

3.85

2.03

1.91

1.12