Claim · model-written summary
Pomegranate peel water extract decreased Ralstonia wilt disease severity by 89%.
- Taxon
- potato
Solanum tuberosumt0 - Treatment
- water crude extracte0
- Interactor
- R. solanacearum
Ralstonia solanacearume0pathogen - Outcome
- disease severitye0
- Direction
- decreasee0
- Value
- 89%e0
- Comparator
- other assessed mineral and organic fertilizerse0
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Verbatim
t0“potato”
e0“the peels ethanolic and water crude extract for P. granatum L. were the most effective treatments that exhibited a 91% and 89% decrease in the disease severity, area under disease progress curve of R. solanacearum wilt disease, population count, and enhanced the potato growth parameters, triterpenoids, and higher potato yield compared to other assessed mineral and organic fertilizers”
Title
Kamel M. Elhalag; Mohamed S. Al-Anany; Allam A. Megahed Journal of Plant Pathology 2025. doi:10.1007/s42161-024-01825-7
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Intervention effect Pomegranate peel ethanol extract strongly inhibited the three tested bacteria in vitro.
- Intervention effect Eucalyptus leaf water extract strongly inhibited the three tested bacteria in vitro.
- Intervention effect Pomegranate peel ethanolic extract decreased Ralstonia wilt disease severity by 91%.
- Intervention effect Pomegranate peel extracts reduced Ralstonia disease progress and population counts.
- Intervention effect Pomegranate peel extracts enhanced potato growth parameters and triterpenoids.
- Intervention effect Pomegranate peel extracts produced higher potato yield than assessed fertilizers.
- Intervention effect Plant extract treatment of potato tubers suppressed Pectobacterium maceration with 100% efficiency.
- Intervention effect Eucalyptus water extract had 22% efficiency against potato tuber maceration.
- Observation The extracts contained phenols, tannins, and flavonoids with antimicrobial activity.
- Recommendation The authors recommend applying the treatments singly or in integrated pest management to improve potato tolerance in growth and storage.