Claim · model-written summary
The active seaweed extract fraction inhibited Alternaria solani spore germination by 92.13% in vitro.
- Taxon
- tomato plants
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- active fraction from the methanol extract of C. antennina (CA-F8)e0
- Interactor
- A. solani
Alternaria solanie0pathogen - Second interactor
- C. antennina
Chaetomorpha antenninae0biocontrol_agent - Outcome
- A. solani 's spore germinatione0
- Direction
- affectinge0
- Value
- 92.13%e0
- Setting
- in vitroe0
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Verbatim
e0“The active fraction from the methanol extract of C. antennina (CA-F8) proved effective against the pathogen in vitro by affecting A. solani 's spore germination (92.13%) along with their mycelial growth thereby decreasing their dry weight (44.71%).”
t0“tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum L.)”
Title
Kanagaraj Muthu-Pandian Chanthini; Sengottayan Senthil-Nathan; Haridoss Sivanesh; et al. Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 2023. doi:10.1186/s40538-023-00484-7
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Intervention effect The active seaweed extract fraction reduced Alternaria solani mycelial dry weight by 44.71% in vitro.
- Observation GC–MS detected fatty acids, terpenes and antioxidants in the seaweed fraction.
- Intervention effect Seaweed compounds increased tomato polyphenol oxidase synthesis by 78.8% relative to control plants.
- Intervention effect Seaweed compounds increased tomato peroxidase synthesis by 54.6% relative to control plants.
- Intervention effect Seaweed compounds increased tomato foliar phenols by 67.5% relative to control plants.
- Intervention effect Salicylic acid was detected only in seaweed-treated tomato plants.
- Mechanism Seaweed compounds were reported to control tomato early blight through induced systemic defence.