Fungi toxic efficiency of some plant volatile essential oils against plant pathogenic fungi

In this study, antiphytopathogenic fungi activities of the leaf and cones essential oils and its constituents from Cunninghamia lanceolata were evaluated in vitro against 6 plant pathogenic fungi. The main compounds responsible for the antiphytopathogenic fungi activities were isolated and identified. The essential oil from the fresh leaves and cones of C. lanceolata was isolated using hydrodistillation in a Clevenger-type apparatus, and characterized by GC-FID and GC-MS, respectively. The leaf oil consisted primarily of ferruginol (10%), τ-cadinol (8.2%), and α-cadinol (6.6%); the cones oil’s main constituents were abietadiene (42.5%), abietatriene (13.1%), and α-pinene (9.6%). Comparing the antiphytopathogenic fungi activities of the oils suggested that leaf oil was the most effective one. Further fractionation of the leaf oil produced ferruginol, τ-cadinol, and α-cadinol. The 3 compounds exhibited very strong antiphytopathogenic fungi activities. For the antiphytopathogenic fungi activities of the leaf oil, the active source compounds were determined to be ferruginol, τ-cadinol, and α-cadinol.

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Antifungal Activity of Some Essential Oils and Their Major Constituents on 3 Plant Pathogenic Fungi

Journal of Life Science ◽

10.5352/jls.2004.14.6.1003 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 14 (6) ◽

pp. 1003-1008 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Keyword(s):

Antifungal Activity ◽

Essential Oils ◽

Pathogenic Fungi ◽

Plant Pathogenic Fungi

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Activity of plant extracts/essential oils against three plant pathogenic fungi and mosquito larvae: GC/MS analysis of bioactive compounds

BioResources ◽

10.15376/biores.14.2.4489-4511 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 4489-4511 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Keyword(s):

Antifungal Activity ◽

Essential Oil ◽

Essential Oils ◽

Water Extract ◽

Pathogenic Fungi ◽

Acetone Extract ◽

Mosquito Larvae ◽

Plant Pathogenic Fungi ◽

Syzygium Aromaticum ◽

Ms Analysis

Certain natural products extracted from different parts of medicinal and aromatic plants were examined for their antifungal activity against three plant pathogenic fungi, Fusarium oxysporum, Rhizoctonia solani, and Alternaria solani, and insecticidal activity against mosquito larvae (Culex pipiens). Acetone extract of Tectona grandis showed the highest antifungal activity against R. solani and A. solani with EC50 values of 118 and 294 μg/mL, respectively. The highest larvicidal activity was displayed by the essential oils of Ocimum basilicum and Eucalyptus gomphocephala with LC50 value of 22, and 30 mg/L, respectively. By gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC/MS) analysis 3-allylguaiacol (65.8%) and eugenol acetate (46.6%) were the main compounds in Syzygium aromaticum methanolic extract and essential oil, respectively. The main compound in T. grandis acetone extract was cyclohexylpentyl oxalate (8.7%); its water extract contained (E)-4,4-dimethyl-2-pentene (51.1%); E. gomphocephala branch oil contained p-cymene (28.8%); Euphorbia paralias leaf extract contained 1βH-romneine (26.3%); the seed extract contained α-linolenic acid, TMS (15.2%); Punica granatum extract contained furfural (32.1%); and O. basilicum essential oil contained estragole (65.9%). Thus, extracts from the tested plants can be used as natural biofungicides to manage diseases caused by F. oxysporum, R. solani, and A. solani. Additionally, these extracts show potential larvicide activities against mosquito larvae.

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Plant Essential Oils for Controlling Plant Pathogenic Fungi

Volatiles and Food Security ◽

10.1007/978-981-10-5553-9_9 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 171-198

Author(s):

Riad Sedki Riad El-Mohamedy

Keyword(s):

Essential Oils ◽

Pathogenic Fungi ◽

Plant Pathogenic Fungi ◽

Plant Essential Oils

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Antifungal Activity of Eleven Plant Essential Oils against Six Plant Pathogenic Fungi

Plant Science Journal ◽

10.3724/sp.j.1142.2013.20198 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 31 (2) ◽

pp. 198

Author(s):

Jian-Ting WU ◽

Yue-Li ZHANG ◽

Bo ZHANG ◽

Lian-Zhong ZHAO ◽

Chang-Song LI ◽

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Keyword(s):

Antifungal Activity ◽

Essential Oils ◽

Pathogenic Fungi ◽

Plant Pathogenic Fungi ◽

Plant Essential Oils

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Essential Oil Composition and Antifungal Activity of Aerial Parts of Ballota nigra ssp foetida Collected at Flowering and Fruiting Times

Natural Product Communications ◽

10.1177/1934578x1400900733 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 9 (7) ◽

pp. 1934578X1400900 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Daniele Fraternale ◽

Donata Ricci

Keyword(s):

Antifungal Activity ◽

Essential Oils ◽

Pathogenic Fungi ◽

Dilution Method ◽

Agar Dilution Method ◽

Plant Pathogenic Fungi ◽

Oil Composition ◽

Aerial Parts ◽

In Vitro Antifungal Activity

The present study reports the results of gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric (GC/MS) analyses of the essential oils from the aerial parts of Ballota nigra L. ssp foetida (Lamiaceae) collected at flowering and fruiting times, as well as their in vitro antifungal activity against nine plant pathogenic fungi. Moreover, the essential oils were evaluated for their antifungal activity using the agar dilution method, and also MICs (minimum inhibitory concentrations) and MFCs (minimum fungicidal concentrations) were determined. The major compounds identified in the flowering and fruiting aerial parts oils respectively were β-caryophyllene (22.6% and 21.8%), caryophyllene oxide (18.0% and 20.5%) and germacrene-D (16.5 and 13.1%). The oils showed in vitro antifungal activity against some species of Fusarium, Botrytis cinerea, and Alternaria solani. Our study indicates that the oil of B. nigra ssp foetida could be used as a control agent for plant pathogenic fungi in natural formulations.

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Antimicrobial Activity of Essential Oils Against Plant Pathogenic Fungi: A Review

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT ◽

10.30954/2454-4132.1.2020.7 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Uday Kumar

Keyword(s):

Antimicrobial Activity ◽

Essential Oils ◽

Plant Pathogens ◽

Plant Protection ◽

Insect Pest ◽

Complex Mixture ◽

Pathogenic Fungi ◽

Fungal Diseases ◽

Herbivorous Insect ◽

Plant Pathogenic Fungi

Essential oils are obtained from non-woody parts of the plants, particularly foliage, stem or hydrodistillation. They are complex mixture of terpenoids and variety of aromatic phenols, oxides, ethers, alcohols, esters, aldehydes and ketones that determine the characteristics aroma and odour of the donor plants. Presence of volatile monoterpenes or essential oils in the plants provides an important defense strategy to the plants, particularly against herbivorous insect pest and plant pathogenic fungi. Fungi cause huge amount of yield losses due to their ability to cause serious devastating diseases to the crops. Minimizing their effect on the crops need to get a promising way of controlling them. Therefore, the use of essential oils could be a good option to tackle the challenge of fungal diseases. Essential oils are natural products that are extracted from plants by different methods. They have been used for a long history of time for different purposes. Fungicides used in disease management are expensive for resource-poor farmers andnegatively correlation with ecosystems. Nowadays there is a huge interest to use them as plant protection product to be alternative for new agro-chemicals with large antimicrobial spectrum properties. As we observed from the antifungal trials in different literature, the essential oils have a great antifungal effect on many plant pathogens and inhibited most of the tested plant pathogens in the laboratory. Thus, essential oils could be a control agent for plant fungal diseases and further investigation is required to use in the field. This review summarized that the importance, antimicrobial activity and management of fungi.

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