Table 2 Antifungal activity of Jacaranda mimosifolia extracts against Fusarium verticillioides.

Treatment	Fusarium verticillioides mycelial growth (cm)
	Methanol extract
	0.8%	1.0%	1.2%
Jacaranda mimosifolia	0.67^d ± 0.05	0.57^b ± 0.05	0.33^b ± 0.05
Positive control	0.77^c ± 0.12	0.77^b ± 0.12	0.77^b ± 0.12
Negative control	9.8^b ± 0.05	10.00^a ± 0.05	9.80^a ± 0.03
	Aqueous extract
Jacaranda mimosifolia	0.73^cd ± 0.05	0.60^b ± 0.1	0.43^b ± 0.05
Positive control	0.83^c ± 0.05	0.83^b ± 0.05	0.83^b ± 0.05
Negative control	10.00^a ± 0.08	10.00^a ± 0.05	10.00^a ± 0.05

Data represent mean ± standard deviation (SD) of three replicates. All mean values in the same column with different letters are significantly different from each other (P < 0.05). Positive control: Terbinafine hydrochloride. Negative control for methanolic extracts: DMSO. Negative control for aqueous extracts: sterile distilled water.

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