Claim · model-written summary
Spirulina extract inhibited fungal biomass by 25% in vitro.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivumt0 - Treatment
- Spirulina extractse0
- Interactor
- Fusarium graminearum
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Fusarium graminearumt0pathogene0 - Outcome
- fungal biomasse0
- Direction
- inhibitede0
- Value
- 25%e0
- Comparator
- untreated controle0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSettingQualifier
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Verbatim
e0“the Nannochloropsis and Spirulina extracts inhibited fungal biomass by 34 and 25%, respectively, compared with the untreated control.”
t0“Fusarium graminearum and deoxynivalenol contamination in wheat”
Title
P.T. Scaglioni; V. Scarpino; F. Marinaccio; et al. World Mycotoxin Journal 2019. doi:10.3920/wmj2018.2427
Other claims from this paper (14)
- Intervention effect Nannochloropsis extract inhibited fungal biomass by 34% in vitro.
- Intervention effect Nannochloropsis extract reduced ergosterol production by 80%.
- Intervention effect Spirulina extract reduced ergosterol production by 75%.
- Intervention effect Nannochloropsis extract reduced DON content by 97% in vitro.
- Intervention effect Spirulina extract reduced DON content by 62% in vitro.
- Intervention effect Fungicide application controlled FHB and foliar disease in the field.
- Intervention effect Field fungicide use increased grain yield by 13%.
- Intervention effect Field fungicide use reduced DON content by 46%.
- Intervention effect Spirulina extract at flowering reduced FHB severity by 35%.
- Intervention effect Nannochloropsis extract at flowering reduced FHB severity by 39%.
- Intervention effect Microalgal extracts did not significantly control Septoria tritici blotch.
- Intervention effect Microalgal extracts did not increase grain yield.
- Intervention effect Microalgal extracts did not reduce field DON content versus control.
- Recommendation The authors call for better persistence and efficacy before field substitution for fungicides.