Abstract
Worldwide gray mould caused by Botrytis cinerea and blue mould caused by Penicillium spp. are the most important diseases attacking apple fruit during storage. Evaluating the effects of some essential oils i.e., eucalyptus, lemon grass and thyme on linear growth and spore germination of pathogenic fungi. Moreover, their efficacy on gray and blue moulds incidence of apple fruits was tested. All treatments significantly reduced the linear growth and spore germination of both tested fungi. Essential oils of eucalyptus, lemon grass and thyme at a concentration of 0.6 and 0.8% completely inhibit the linear growth and spore germination of B. cinerea and Penicillium sp. except that lemon grass at 0.6%. Sterilized water containing essential oils of eucalyptus, lemon grass and thyme at different concentrations, i.e., 0.0, 0.6 and 0.8% (v/v) were tested to study their effect against gray and blue mould incidence of apple fruits. Results indicated that all treatments significantly reduced the disease incidence and rotted part tissue (Disease severity). The most effective treatment was eucalyptus and thyme at 0.8%, which reduced the disease incidence more than 83.8 and 82.7% and rotted part tissue by 85.9 and 88.5% for gray and blue moulds, respectively. The highest reduction was obtained with eucalyptus and thyme at concentrations of 0.6% and lemon grass at 0.8% which reduced both diseases incidence and rotted part tissue more than 74.0 and 75.8%, respectively. Meanwhile, other treatments showed moderate effect. It could be suggested that essential oils could make them an excellent treatment for controlling postharvest diseases of apple fruits.
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Claims 11
Claim · model-written summary
All essential oil treatments reduced linear growth and spore germination of the tested pathogenic fungi.
- Taxon
- apple fruit
Malus domesticae0 - Treatment
- essential oilse2
- Interactor
- pathogenic fungie2pathogen
- Outcome
- linear growth and spore germinatione1
- Direction
- reducede1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Worldwide gray mould caused by Botrytis cinerea and blue mould caused by Penicillium spp. are the most important diseases attacking apple fruit during storage”
e1“All treatments significantly reduced the linear growth and spore germination of both tested fungi”
e2“Evaluating the effects of some essential oils i.e., eucalyptus, lemon grass and thyme on linear growth and spore germination of pathogenic fungi”
Claim · model-written summary
Essential oils of eucalyptus, lemon grass and thyme at 0.6 and 0.8% completely inhibited linear growth and spore germination of B. cinerea and Penicillium sp., except lemon grass at 0.6%.
- Taxon
- apple fruitMalus domesticae0
- Treatment
- Essential oils of eucalyptus, lemon grass and thyme at a concentration of 0.6 and 0.8%e3
- Interactor
- B. cinerea
Botrytis cinereae3pathogen - Second interactor
- Penicillium sp.
Penicilliume3pathogen - Outcome
- linear growth and spore germinatione3
- Direction
- completely inhibite3
- Qualifier
- except that lemon grass at 0.6%e3
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Worldwide gray mould caused by Botrytis cinerea and blue mould caused by Penicillium spp. are the most important diseases attacking apple fruit during storage”
e3“Essential oils of eucalyptus, lemon grass and thyme at a concentration of 0.6 and 0.8% completely inhibit the linear growth and spore germination of B. cinerea and Penicillium sp. except that lemon grass at 0.6%”
Claim · model-written summary
All essential oil treatments reduced gray and blue mould disease incidence and rotted part tissue on apple fruit.
- Taxon
- apple fruitMalus domesticae0
- Treatment
- Sterilized water containing essential oilse5
- Interactor
- Botrytis cinereaBotrytis cinereae0pathogen
- Second interactor
- Penicillium spp.Penicilliume0pathogen
- Outcome
- disease incidence and rotted part tissuee4
- Direction
- reducede4
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Worldwide gray mould caused by Botrytis cinerea and blue mould caused by Penicillium spp. are the most important diseases attacking apple fruit during storage”
e4“all treatments significantly reduced the disease incidence and rotted part tissue (Disease severity)”
e5“Sterilized water containing essential oils of eucalyptus, lemon grass and thyme at different concentrations, i.e., 0.0, 0.6 and 0.8% (v/v)”
Claim · model-written summary
Eucalyptus and thyme at 0.8% reduced gray mould incidence by more than 83.8%.
- Taxon
- apple fruitMalus domesticae0
- Treatment
- eucalyptus and thyme at 0.8%e1
- Interactor
- Botrytis cinereaBotrytis cinereae0pathogen
- Outcome
- disease incidencee1
- Direction
- reducede1
- Value
- 83.8e1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Worldwide gray mould caused by Botrytis cinerea and blue mould caused by Penicillium spp. are the most important diseases attacking apple fruit during storage”
e1“The most effective treatment was eucalyptus and thyme at 0.8%, which reduced the disease incidence more than 83.8 and 82.7% and rotted part tissue by 85.9 and 88.5% for gray and blue moulds, respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Eucalyptus and thyme at 0.8% reduced gray mould rotted part tissue by 85.9%.
- Taxon
- apple fruitMalus domesticae0
- Treatment
- eucalyptus and thyme at 0.8%e1
- Interactor
- Botrytis cinereaBotrytis cinereae0pathogen
- Outcome
- rotted part tissuee1
- Direction
- reducede1
- Value
- 85.9e1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Worldwide gray mould caused by Botrytis cinerea and blue mould caused by Penicillium spp. are the most important diseases attacking apple fruit during storage”
e1“The most effective treatment was eucalyptus and thyme at 0.8%, which reduced the disease incidence more than 83.8 and 82.7% and rotted part tissue by 85.9 and 88.5% for gray and blue moulds, respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Eucalyptus and thyme at 0.8% reduced blue mould incidence by more than 82.7%.
- Taxon
- apple fruitMalus domesticae0
- Treatment
- eucalyptus and thyme at 0.8%e1
- Interactor
- Penicillium spp.Penicilliume0pathogen
- Outcome
- disease incidencee1
- Direction
- reducede1
- Value
- 82.7e1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Worldwide gray mould caused by Botrytis cinerea and blue mould caused by Penicillium spp. are the most important diseases attacking apple fruit during storage”
e1“The most effective treatment was eucalyptus and thyme at 0.8%, which reduced the disease incidence more than 83.8 and 82.7% and rotted part tissue by 85.9 and 88.5% for gray and blue moulds, respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Eucalyptus and thyme at 0.8% reduced blue mould rotted part tissue by 88.5%.
- Taxon
- apple fruitMalus domesticae0
- Treatment
- eucalyptus and thyme at 0.8%e1
- Interactor
- Penicillium spp.Penicilliume0pathogen
- Outcome
- rotted part tissuee1
- Direction
- reducede1
- Value
- 88.5e1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Worldwide gray mould caused by Botrytis cinerea and blue mould caused by Penicillium spp. are the most important diseases attacking apple fruit during storage”
e1“The most effective treatment was eucalyptus and thyme at 0.8%, which reduced the disease incidence more than 83.8 and 82.7% and rotted part tissue by 85.9 and 88.5% for gray and blue moulds, respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Eucalyptus and thyme at 0.6% and lemon grass at 0.8% gave the highest reduction, with disease incidence reduced by more than 74.0%.
- Taxon
- apple fruitMalus domesticae0
- Treatment
- eucalyptus and thyme at concentrations of 0.6% and lemon grass at 0.8%e1
- Interactor
- Botrytis cinereaBotrytis cinereae0pathogen
- Second interactor
- Penicillium spp.Penicilliume0pathogen
- Outcome
- diseases incidencee1
- Direction
- reducede1
- Value
- 74.0e1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Worldwide gray mould caused by Botrytis cinerea and blue mould caused by Penicillium spp. are the most important diseases attacking apple fruit during storage”
e1“The highest reduction was obtained with eucalyptus and thyme at concentrations of 0.6% and lemon grass at 0.8% which reduced both diseases incidence and rotted part tissue more than 74.0 and 75.8%, respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Eucalyptus and thyme at 0.6% and lemon grass at 0.8% gave the highest reduction, with rotted part tissue reduced by more than 75.8%.
- Taxon
- apple fruitMalus domesticae0
- Treatment
- eucalyptus and thyme at concentrations of 0.6% and lemon grass at 0.8%e1
- Interactor
- Botrytis cinereaBotrytis cinereae0pathogen
- Second interactor
- Penicillium spp.Penicilliume0pathogen
- Outcome
- rotted part tissuee1
- Direction
- reducede1
- Value
- 75.8e1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Worldwide gray mould caused by Botrytis cinerea and blue mould caused by Penicillium spp. are the most important diseases attacking apple fruit during storage”
e1“The highest reduction was obtained with eucalyptus and thyme at concentrations of 0.6% and lemon grass at 0.8% which reduced both diseases incidence and rotted part tissue more than 74.0 and 75.8%, respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Other essential oil treatments showed a moderate effect on the moulds.
- Taxon
- apple fruitMalus domesticae0
- Treatment
- other treatmentse1
- Outcome
- moderate effecte1
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Worldwide gray mould caused by Botrytis cinerea and blue mould caused by Penicillium spp. are the most important diseases attacking apple fruit during storage”
e1“Meanwhile, other treatments showed moderate effect”
Claim · model-written summary
Essential oils could be an excellent treatment for controlling postharvest diseases of apple fruit.
- Taxon
- apple fruitsMalus domesticae1
- Treatment
- essential oilse1
- Outcome
- controlling postharvest diseasese1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“It could be suggested that essential oils could make them an excellent treatment for controlling postharvest diseases of apple fruits”
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