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Antifungal Activity of Leaf Essential Oil and Extracts of Metasequoia glyptostroboides Miki ex Hu
Author(s) -
Bajpai Vivek K.,
Kang Sun Chul
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/s11746-009-1500-6
Subject(s) - phytophthora capsici , botrytis cinerea , colletotrichum capsici , biology , sclerotinia sclerotiorum , fungicide , fusarium oxysporum , spore germination , rhizoctonia solani , horticulture , botany , essential oil , fusarium solani , sclerotinia , pepper , germination
Plant diseases constitute an emerging threat to global food security. Many of the currently available antifungal agents for agriculture are highly toxic and nonbiodegradable and cause extensive environmental pollution. Moreover, an increasing number of phytopathogens are developing resistance to them. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the antifungal efficacy of the leaf essential oil and the leaf extracts of Metasequoia glyptostroboides against Fusarium oxysporum, Fusarium solani, Phytophthora capsici , Colletotrichum capsici, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, Botrytis cinerea and Rhizoctonia solani . The oil (1,000 μg/disc) and the extracts (1,500 μg/disc) revealed a remarkable antifungal effect against the tested plant pathogenic fungi with a radial growth inhibition percentage of 41.3–66.3% and 13.4–54.4%, respectively along with their respective MIC values ranging from 62.5 to 1,000 μg/ml and 500–4,000 μg/ml. The oil had a strong detrimental effect on spore germination of all the tested plant pathogens along with the concentration as well as time‐dependent kinetic inhibition of Botrytis cinerea . Also, the oil exhibited a potent in vivo antifungal effect against Phytophthora capsici on greenhouse grown pepper plants. The results of this study indicate that the oil and extracts of M. glyptostroboides leaves could become natural alternatives to synthetic fungicides to control certain important plant fungal diseases.