Abstract
Sorghum grain contaminant, Phoma leveillei was evaluated in the present study for silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) biosynthesis. X ray diffraction (XRD), Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), and Optical absorption measurements, were all used to characterize and confirm the bio-synthesis of Ag NPs. Bio-synthesized Ag NPs was in vitro tested against myco-toxigenic Penicillium gresiofulvum. The bio-fabrication of well characterized Ag NPs was proved in this study. Growth of P. gresiofulvum was successfully suppressed following the bio-Ag NPs treatments. It could be concluded that mycosynthesizer of Ag NPs could be found along with the plant pathogenic fungi in the same situ. Utilization of such finding is required to find out an alternative control method for phytopathogenic and/or mycotoxigenic fungi.