Efficacy evaluation of Lantana camara for bamboo protection.

Lantana is a rapidly growing obnoxious weed though it has potential of purposeful utilization. Preservation of bamboo during storage with the help of preservative of natural origin i.e. Lantana extract may result in saving of material. Extractives of aerial parts and root components of L. camara were made in polar and non polar solvents i.e. petroleum ether, acetone, methanol and hot water were tested against Schizophyllum commune . the pioneer colonizer decay fungus and Polyparus areulanus . the secondary stage parasite of Bamboo in storage and use. Laboratory bioassay exhibited that methanolic extract of Lantana camara were highly fungicidal at very low concentrations.