“…In corn, for example, essential oils from mustard seed ( Brassica campestris ), black cumin ( Nigella sativa ), and neem ( Azadirachta indica ) have been used to significantly reduce the growth of major fungal plant pathogens in the genera Aspergillus , Fusarium , Alternaria , and Dreschelera (Ghafoor & Khan, 1976; Mirza & Qureshi, 1982; Sitara, Niaz, Naseem, & Sultana, 2008). Sodium and calcium hypochlorite have also been used as antimicrobial seed treatments to reduce the pathogenic load that leads to a decrease in seed quality and an increase in human illness (Sauer, 1986; Schultz & Gabrielson, 1986; Stewart, Reineke, Ulaszek, & Tortorello, 2001).…”