Essential Tea Tree Oil As a Tool to Combat Black Sigatoka in Banana

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 180-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moshe Reuveni ◽  
Marcel Barbier ◽  
Agnelo J. Viti
Keyword(s):  
Production Systems ◽  
Pathogenic Fungi ◽  
Attractive Alternative ◽  
Tea Tree Oil ◽  
Melaleuca Alternifolia ◽  
Black Sigatoka ◽  
Tea Tree ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Conventional Production ◽  
Black Sigatoka Disease

Black Sigatoka disease, caused by Mycosphaerella fijiensis, is considered the most damaging and costly disease of commercial banana and plantain and is mainly controlled by intensive sprays of synthetic fungicides. Essential tea tree oil derived from Melaleuca alternifolia plant was found to be effective against a wide range of plant pathogenic fungi including black Sigatoka in conventional production systems and was as effective as synthetic fungicides such as tridemorph, difenoconazole, trifloxystrobin and azoxystrobin. This paper provides evidence that tea tree oil offers an attractive alternative for controlling black Sigatoka in banana plantations.

Addition of tea tree oil (Melaleuca alternifolia) in diet minimize biochemical disturbances in silver catfish Rhamdia quelen exposed to the antiparasitic amitraz

Aquaculture ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 736954
Author(s):  
Tamires R. dos Reis ◽  
Matheus D. Baldissera ◽  
Carine F. Souza ◽  
Bernardo Baldisserotto ◽  
Julia Corá Segat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tea Tree Oil ◽  
Melaleuca Alternifolia ◽  
Tea Tree ◽  
Silver Catfish ◽  
Rhamdia Quelen

Reproductive biology of Melaleuca alternifolia (Myrtaceae) 1. Floral biology

2010 ◽  
Vol 58 (5) ◽  
pp. 373 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Baskorowati ◽  
M. W. Moncur ◽  
J. C. Doran ◽  
P. J. Kanowski
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Biology ◽  
Floral Biology ◽  
Morphological Development ◽  
Tea Tree Oil ◽  
Melaleuca Alternifolia ◽  
Tea Tree ◽  
Viable Seeds ◽  
Individual Trees ◽  
Days After Anthesis ◽  
Flowering Intensity

Melaleuca alternifolia (Maiden & Betche) Cheel is commercially important as the source of essential oil for the Australian tea tree-oil industry. Information on reproductive biology of M. alternifolia is important to the Australian breeding program directed at improving the quality and quantity of tea tree oil. Flowering in three geographically separated sites – two planted seed orchards and one managed natural population, all in NSW – was observed in the present study, with supporting data obtained from glasshouse-grown plants in Canberra. The majority of the work was conducted from 2004 to 2007, although the study also drew on some prior observations. M. alternifolia has spikes of flowers that open acropetally over a 6-day period. No strong separation of male and female phases was found in any individual flower; pollen was shed by 1.4 days after anthesis and the stigma reached peak receptivity 3–5 days after anthesis. Dichogamy and acropetal floral development may lead to geitonogamy. Flowering occurred during the months of October–November, with the peak in November, and was synchronous across all three sites. Flowering intensity and success in producing capsules appeared to be associated with total spring rainfall. Initiation of flowering in M. alternifolia appears to be correlated with daylength, or an environmental parameter closely correlated with daylength. Flowering intensity varied considerably among the years surveyed, sites and families, and appears to be promoted by a period of winter minimum temperatures below 5°C. In M. alternifolia, the morphological development of buds, flowers and fruit leading to the development of mature seed takes place over a period 16–18 months from flowering. M. alternifolia differed significantly in the number of viable seeds per capsule from individual trees, from 26 ± 3.8 to 57 ± 3.8 germinants.

scholarly journals Emprego do óleo de Melaleuca alternifolia Cheel (Myrtaceae) na odontologia: perspectivas quanto à utilização como antimicrobiano alternativo às doenças infecciosas de origem bucal

2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 492-499 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.C.M. Oliveira ◽  
A. Fontana ◽  
T.C. Negrini ◽  
M.N.M. Nogueira ◽  
T.B.L. Bedran ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tea Tree Oil ◽  
Melaleuca Alternifolia ◽  
Tea Tree

O interesse por medicamentos alternativos, principalmente daqueles provenientes de extratos naturais, tem aumentado nas últimas décadas. A Melaleuca alternifolia é um arbusto pertencente ao gênero Melaleuca, popularmente conhecida como "árvore de chá", cujo principal produto é o óleo essencial (TTO - tea tree oil), de grande importância medicinal por possuir comprovada ação bactericida e antifúngica contra diversos patógenos humanos. Em virtude da atividade terapêutica em diversas especialidades médicas, o TTO passou a ser empregado na área odontológica. Esta revisão de literatura foi realizada com o objetivo de discutir os ensaios já realizados com o TTO contra microrganismos relacionados à doença cárie, doença periodontal e problemas pulpares. O óleo de Melaleuca tem demonstrado boa ação antibacteriana in vitro contra microrganismos bucais, porém, pesquisas envolvendo o estudo do mecanismo de ação sobre as células microbianas ou estudos in vivo ainda são escassos e precisam ser realizados, já que esse produto pode ser útil na odontologia, seja na manutenção química da higiene ou prevenção de doenças bucais.

scholarly journals Azelaic acid and Melaleuca alternifolia essential oil co-loaded vesicular carrier for combinational therapy of acne

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alpna Bisht ◽  
Chetna Hemrajani ◽  
Navneet Upadhyay ◽  
Prakriti Nidhi ◽  
Rajan Rolta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Azelaic Acid ◽  
Acne Vulgaris ◽  
Wistar Rat ◽  
Work Of Adhesion ◽  
Tea Tree Oil ◽  
Rat Skin ◽  
Melaleuca Alternifolia ◽  
Plastic Properties ◽  
Tea Tree ◽  
Retention Characteristics

Aim: Azelaic acid (AzA), a comedolytic, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory anti-melanogenic agent, prescribed against acne vulgaris is safe on skin. Its combination with another widely used anti-acne agent, tea tree oil (EO) whose delivery is limited by volatility, instability and lipophilicity constraints was attempted. Method: Solvent injection was used to prepare AzA-EO integrated ethosomes. Result: Ethosomes were transformed into carbopol hydrogel, which exhibited pseudo-plastic properties with appreciable firmness, work of shear, stickiness and work of adhesion. The hydrogel showed better permeation and retention characteristics vis-a-vis commercial formulation (AzidermTM), when evaluated in Wistar rat skin. Further, ethosome hydrogel composite was better tolerated with no side effects. Conclusion: The findings suggests that the aforementioned strategy could be a potential treatment used for acne management.

Synergism and postantibiotic effect of tobramycin and Melaleuca alternifolia (tea tree) oil against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli

Phytomedicine ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 317-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuela D’Arrigo ◽  
Giovanna Ginestra ◽  
Giuseppina Mandalari ◽  
P.M. Furneri ◽  
G. Bisignano
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Staphylococcus Aureus ◽  
Tea Tree Oil ◽  
Postantibiotic Effect ◽  
Melaleuca Alternifolia ◽  
Tea Tree

In VitroActivity of Tea Tree Oil AgainstCandida albicansMycelial Conversion and Other Pathogenic Fungi

2001 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 377-383 ◽  
Author(s):  
F.D. D'auria ◽  
L. Laino ◽  
V. Strippoli ◽  
M. Tecca ◽  
G. Salvatore ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pathogenic Fungi ◽  
Tea Tree Oil ◽  
Tea Tree
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