Evaluation of Antifungal properties of Tomatine against Termite fungus, Termitomyces sp.

Laboratory study was carried out to find out the antifungal properties of plant secondary metabolite tomatine on Termitomyces sp found in termitaria of Odontotermes wallonensis, it was applied through fungus growth media. The overall period of observation tomatine 1000 ppm effectively reduced the mean diameter growth of Termitomyces fungus (2.64cm). The fungal growth in carbendazim 500ppm was 1.13 cm whereas it was 8.40 cm in untreated check. The highest % suppression of Termitomyces fungal growth was high in carbendazim 500 ppm (86.9%) followed by tomatine 1000 ppm (69.2%). During all the periods of observation, the % suppression of fungal growth was decreased from 5^th day to 15^th day. The least mean % suppression (29.0%) was noticed in the lower concentration of tomatine 100 ppm.