Claim · model-written summary
Clove essential oil significantly reduced the soil bacterial population.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- clove essential oil (0.14 %)e1
- Interactor
- Ralstonia solanacearum
Ralstonia solanacearume0pathogen - Outcome
- soil bacterial populatione2
- Direction
- reductione2
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Verbatim
t0“Essential oils for the management of bacterial wilt in tomato plants”
e0“Bacterial wilt, caused by Ralstonia solanacearum”
e1“The clove essential oil (0.14 %), among the other tested essential oils, promoted the in vitro inhibition of bacterial colonies”
e2“as well as a significant reduction in the soil bacterial population”
Title
Essential oils for the management of bacterial wilt in tomato plants1
Meridiana Araujo Gonçalves; Ana Rosa Peixoto; Bruno Gabriel Amorim Barros; et al. Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical 2026. doi:10.1590/1983-40632026v5683916
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Intervention effect Clove essential oil promoted in vitro inhibition of R. solanacearum colonies more than the other tested essential oils.
- Intervention effect Clove essential oil lowered the incidence, severity and progression of bacterial wilt.
- Intervention effect Clove essential oil promoted tomato plant growth.
- Mechanism The bactericidal activity of the clove oil is attributed to eugenol acetate, its major compound.