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IN VITRO ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY OF SOME PLANT ESSENTIAL OILS ON POSTHARVEST PATHOGENS OF STRAWBERRY FRUIT
Article number
858_46
Pages
305 – 311
Language
English
Abstract
Essential oils produced by different genera are often biologically active, endowed with antifungal, antimicrobial and antioxidant effects.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the antifungal potential of 7 plant species against 4 postharvest pathogenic fungi (Rhizopus stolonifer, Penicillium digitatum, Aspergillus niger, Botrytis cinerea) which can reduce the shelf life of strawberry fruit.
Chemical composition of plant oils was determined by capillary gas chromatography and mass spectrometry.
Antifungal assays were carried out in vitro using PDA plates.
Antifungal potential was found for all analysed essential oils.
Oils of Salvia officinalis and Artemisia aucheri had low antifungal effect whereas Satureja sp. oils showed promising inhibitory effect even at low concentration (300 µl L-1) against A. niger. Thymus sp. and Satureja sp. oils showed inhibitory effect against the other three fungi.
A fungicidal effect was not observed on A. niger even at high concentration whereas an inhibition on B. cinerea was determined.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the antifungal potential of 7 plant species against 4 postharvest pathogenic fungi (Rhizopus stolonifer, Penicillium digitatum, Aspergillus niger, Botrytis cinerea) which can reduce the shelf life of strawberry fruit.
Chemical composition of plant oils was determined by capillary gas chromatography and mass spectrometry.
Antifungal assays were carried out in vitro using PDA plates.
Antifungal potential was found for all analysed essential oils.
Oils of Salvia officinalis and Artemisia aucheri had low antifungal effect whereas Satureja sp. oils showed promising inhibitory effect even at low concentration (300 µl L-1) against A. niger. Thymus sp. and Satureja sp. oils showed inhibitory effect against the other three fungi.
A fungicidal effect was not observed on A. niger even at high concentration whereas an inhibition on B. cinerea was determined.
Authors
A. Nabigol, M. Farzaneh
Keywords
pathogenic fungi, Satureja sp., Thymus sp., Salvia officinalis, Artemisia aucheri
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