ANTIFUNGAL POTENTIAL OF CINNAMON ESSENTIAL OILS AGAINST PHYTOPHTHORA COLOCASIAE CAUSING TARO LEAF BLIGHT

Abstract Background Taro leaf blight, caused by a severely destructive oomycete fungus Phytophthora colocasiae, is responsible for threatening yield loss worldwide.The pathogen has the ability to germinate and spread rapidly to other plants during favorable conditions resulting in acute decline and even death, causing 100% crop loss.Farmers usually

Biometric evaluation and reproductive biology of Oreochromis niloticus were studied from Geray Reservoir.Between November 2021 and August 2022, 316 O.niloticus specimens were collected from this reservoir.The observed male to female sex ratio was 1:1.14, which was statistically insignificant compared with the hypothetical 1:1 sex ratio (X2 = 1.27,