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Abstract
The bacterial leaf spot was caused by pathogen Xanthomonas tagetes
Rangaswami and Sanne Gowda It is one of the disease of Tagetes erecta L. The pathogen mainly
attacks on leaves of the plant and yellow brownish spots appear on leaf. In present investigation
the antibacterial activity of some fruit extracts were tested against this pathogen. Fruits also have
different antimicrobial activities. Five Fruit crude extractnamelyAcacia niloticaL.,Capsicum
annum L., Coriandrum sativum L. Foeniculum vulgare Mill. and Trachysperm amni,(L) Spargue
were used for the experiment. Coriandrum sativumL. has given excellent result during
experiments. The experiments has been done by using cup-plate method to examine the
antibacterial activity. This study will be helpful for effective biological control of bacterial leaf
spot disease of Tagetes erecta L.