Claim · model-written summary
Ginger, cinnamon and clove oils at 500 ppm gave the best results for most growth and flowering parameters and total green colour of zinnia compared with the other treatments.
- Taxon
- Zinnia elegans
Zinnia eleganse0
- Treatment
- ginger, cinnamon and clove oilse1
- Interactor
- powdery mildewe0pathogen
- Outcome
- studied growth and flowering parameters and total green coloure1
- Direction
- best resultse1
- Qualifier
- for most of the studiede1
- Comparator
- the other treatmentse1
- Setting
- Experimental Farm of the Faculty of Agriculture, Kafr El- Sheikh Universitye0
Verbatim
e0“A field experiment was carried out during two successive seasons at the Experimental Farm of the Faculty of Agriculture, Kafr El- Sheikh University to evaluate some essential oils as biocontrol agents for powdery mildew on Zinnia elegans, L”
e1“The highest significant decrease in disease incidence and severity and the best results for most of the studied growth and flowering parameters and total green colour were recorded when plants were sprayed with ginger, cinnamon and clove oils, respectively each at 500 ppm compared to the other treatments in both seasons”
Title
Efficacy of some essential oils on controlling powdery mildew on zinnia (Zinnia elegans L.)
M.A. Hegazi Journal of Applied Horticulture 2010. doi:10.37855/jah.2010.v12i01.17
Other claims from this paper (3)
- Intervention effect Ginger, cinnamon and clove oils at 500 ppm gave the highest significant decrease in powdery mildew disease incidence and severity on zinnia compared with the other treatments in both seasons.
- Intervention effect Spraying essential oils increased the activities of peroxidase (POX) and polyphenol oxidase (PPO) in zinnia plants.
- Recommendation The authors recommend essential oils as a safe alternative to fungicides for controlling powdery mildew in zinnia.