Bidens pilosa as potential biofungicide against postharvest pathogens on two agroforestry cash crops

Abstract An in vivo experiment was conducted at the College of Agriculture, CMU, Musuan, Bukidnon, Philippines on corn and peanut seeds order to assess antifungal effects different concentrations powdered Bidens pilosa leaves against postharvest pathogens. B. powder thoroughly mixed varying amounts as treatments observed for presence fungal growths during observation period up 35 days. Data gathering revealed occurrence 5 species namely Aspergillus flavus, A. niger, Fusarium sp., Rhizopus M. phaseolina. The best treatment is chemical fungicide Captan, however, T (30 g /kilo seeds) shows potential inhibit growth niger while 4 (20 had or prevent two spp. peanut. It also noted that corn, least count with a value 1.00 peanut, limit pathogenic fungi 1.33. application did not affect significantly percentage germination but promising performance. On Seedling Vigor Index (SVI), influence SVI has shown it better performance compared other treatments. In this research, exhibited its biofungicide.