Claim · model-written summary
Essential oils of E. globulus gave 100% post-emergent mortality of Portulaca oleracea at the highest concentrations.
- Taxon
- Eucalyptus globulus
Eucalyptus globulust0 - Interactor
- Portulaca oleracea
Portulaca oleraceae2weed - Outcome
- mortalitye2
- Value
- 100%e2
- Qualifier
- post-emergent effectse2
Verbatim
t0“essential oils from young and mature Eucalyptus globulus leaves”
e2“Herbicidal activity was tested against Portulaca oleracea and Solanum nigrum in pre- and post-emergent assays, showing strong post-emergent effects with 100% mortality at the highest concentrations”
Title
Mafalda Pinto; Cristiano Soares; Ana Cristina Figueiredo; et al. Pest Management Science 2026. doi:10.1002/ps.70815
Other claims from this paper (17)
- Intervention effect Essential oil from juvenile leaves of young trees had higher levels of alpha-pinene and beta-pinene than from adult leaves of mature trees.
- Intervention effect Essential oil from adult leaves was richer in oxygenated compounds, such as 1,8-cineole and trans-pinocarveol, than that from juvenile leaves.
- Intervention effect Juvenile and adult leaf essential oils had similar overall compound diversity.
- Observation Essential oils of E. globulus gave 100% post-emergent mortality of Solanum nigrum at the highest concentrations.
- Observation Both essential oils displayed dose-dependent antibacterial activity.
- Observation Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis was the most susceptible bacterium to the essential oils.
- Observation Xanthomonas euvesicatoria was the second most susceptible bacterium to the essential oils.
- Observation Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato was susceptible to the essential oils, following Xanthomonas euvesicatoria.
- Observation The essential oils showed no antifungal activity against Alternaria alternata.
- Observation The essential oils showed no antifungal activity against Botrytis cinerea.
- Observation Both essential oils caused total mortality of Phthorimaea absoluta larvae at the highest concentration.
- Observation The LC50 of the juvenile-leaf essential oil against Phthorimaea absoluta larvae was 15.2% v/v.
- Observation The LC50 of the adult-leaf essential oil against Phthorimaea absoluta larvae was 14% v/v.
- Observation The LC90 of the juvenile-leaf essential oil against Phthorimaea absoluta larvae was 41.4% v/v.
- Observation The LC90 of the adult-leaf essential oil against Phthorimaea absoluta larvae was 38.5% v/v.
- Intervention effect The juvenile- and adult-leaf essential oils showed comparable herbicidal, antibacterial and insecticidal effects.
- Recommendation Large-scale production of essential oils from E. globulus adult leaves, a paper and furniture by-product, is feasible.