Abstract
Aims: This study is aimed to evaluate the in vitro antifungal activity effect of the crude aqueous extract (CAE), hydrolate (HY) and essential oil (EO) of Corymbia citriodora, Cymbopogon citratus, Cymbopogon flexuosus and Curcuma longa against the phytopathogenic fungi Alternaria steviae, Botryosphaeria dothidea, Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and Sclerotium rolfsii, and assess, in situ, the effectiveness of CAE of medicinal plants in reducing the severity of the cucumber anthracnose. Methodology: The EOs and HYs were obtained by hydrodistillation. The CAEs were prepared by the turbolysis method. Mycelial growth of the fungi was measured daily, by the diametrically opposite method. In the in vivo test, the CAEs were sprayed on the cotyledon leaves of healthy cucumber plants with three days after were inoculated with C. lagenarium. The severity of assessment of the disease was based on a scale of notes. Results: The medicinal plants studied showed antifungal activity against all or almost all pathogens. In general, treatment with CAE and HY of C. longa revealed the highest inhibition against the fungi tested. With the exception of the EO of C. longa, the other EOs showed total inhibition against all the fungi and in all the concentrations tested. Compared to control, in in vivo assays CAE of C. citratus presents a potential for control of cucumber anthracnose reducing the severity of the disease. Conclusion: The medicinal plants studied produce compounds associated with antimicrobial activity.
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Medicinal plant preparations showed antifungal activity against all or almost all tested pathogens.
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e0“The medicinal plants studied showed antifungal activity against all or almost all pathogens”
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C. longa crude aqueous extract and hydrolate had the highest inhibition of tested fungi.
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- C. longa
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- CAE and HY of C. longae0
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- inhibition against the fungi testede0
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- higheste0
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e0“treatment with CAE and HY of C. longa revealed the highest inhibition against the fungi tested”
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Essential oils other than C. longa totally inhibited all tested fungi at all concentrations.
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- C. longaCurcuma longae0
- Treatment
- other EOse0
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- total inhibition against all the fungie0
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- all the concentrations testede0
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- EO of C. longae0
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e0“With the exception of the EO of C. longa, the other EOs showed total inhibition against all the fungi and in all the concentrations tested”
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C. citratus crude aqueous extract reduced cucumber anthracnose severity relative to control.
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- cucumber
Cucumis sativuse0 - Treatment
- CAE of C. citratuse0
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- cucumber anthracnosee0
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- reducinge0
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- controle0
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e0“Compared to control, in in vivo assays CAE of C. citratus presents a potential for control of cucumber anthracnose reducing the severity of the disease”
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The studied medicinal plants produce compounds associated with antimicrobial activity.
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e0“The medicinal plants studied produce compounds associated with antimicrobial activity”
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