Claim · model-written summary
Five essential oils with nematicidal activity against the pinewood nematode are reported for the first time.
- Taxon
- Portuguese aromatic florat0
- Interactor
- Bursaphelenchus xylophilus
Bursaphelenchus xylophilust1pest - Outcome
- nematicidal activitye4
- Qualifier
- reported for the first timee4
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Verbatim
t0“derived from Portuguese aromatic flora”
t1“Bursaphelenchus xylophilus”
e4“Five essential oils with nematicidal activity against PWN are reported for the first time”
Title
P Barbosa; A S Lima; P Vieira; et al. PubMed 2010
Other claims from this paper (13)
- Method / resource Chamaespartium tridentatum essential oil had high nematicidal activity against the pinewood nematode, with an estimated MIC of 0.097 to 0.374 mg/ml.
- Method / resource Origanum vulgare essential oil had high nematicidal activity against the pinewood nematode, with an estimated MIC of 0.097 to 0.374 mg/ml.
- Method / resource Satureja montana essential oil had high nematicidal activity against the pinewood nematode, with an estimated MIC of 0.097 to 0.374 mg/ml.
- Method / resource Thymbra capitata essential oil had high nematicidal activity against the pinewood nematode, with an estimated MIC of 0.097 to 0.374 mg/ml.
- Method / resource Thymus caespititius essential oil had high nematicidal activity against the pinewood nematode, with an estimated MIC of 0.097 to 0.374 mg/ml.
- Observation Cymbopogon citratus essential oil had good nematicidal activity against the pinewood nematode.
- Observation The other essential oils from Portuguese flora had weak or no nematicidal activity.
- Observation The dominant components of Chamaespartium tridentatum essential oil were 1-octen-3-ol (9%), n-nonanal and linalool (7%).
- Observation The dominant components of Cymbopogon citratus essential oil were geranial (43%), neral (29%) and β-myrcene (25%).
- Observation The dominant component of Origanum vulgare essential oil was carvacrol (36%), with γ-terpinene (24%) and p-cymene (14%).
- Observation The dominant component of Satureja montana essential oil was carvacrol (39%), with γ-terpinene (40%) and p-cymene (7%).
- Observation The dominant component of Thymbra capitata essential oil was carvacrol (75%).
- Observation The dominant component of Thymus caespititius essential oil was carvacrol (65%).