Volume 10, Issue 3, July 2020

Enumerations on Seed-Borne Diseases of Datura (Datura spp.) and Their Management (Review Article)

Author(s): D K Sharma*
Abstract: Datura (Datura spp.) of family Solanaceae is widely occurring annual or perennial herb used in modern and traditional medicine system. The extracts of Datura and allied species has antiepileptic, anti-asthmatic, analgesic, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, anti-rheumatoid, antioxidant, insecticidal or insect repellent, herbicidal, antimicrobial, anti-fungal, anti-bacterial and organophosphate protective effects. Datura and allied species are more prone to viral diseases as compare to fungal and bacterial diseases. The plant has therapeutic potential or medicinal values due to presence of alkaloids, saponins, tannin, sterols, flavonoids phenols and glycosides. The plant is attacked by various diseases that reduced the economic and medicinal potential of plant.
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How To Cite this Article:

D K Sharma*. Enumerations on Seed-Borne Diseases of Datura (Datura spp.) and Their Management (Review Article). 2020; 10(3): 06-12.