Seed treatment with seed powder of Nigella sativa and Ferula assafoetida showed antifungal activities and reduced the seed borne fungi on maize. Maize seeds at 8 and 16% moisture when treated with seed powder of Nigella sativa and F. assafoetida @ 0 .5, 1.0 and 2.0 % and stored at 25 and 35 ºC showed a reduction in occurrence of fungi on maize seeds with the increase in storage time and concentration of botanical products.
