Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
In Vivo Antiphytoviral and Aphid Repellency Activity of Essential Oils and Hydrosols from Mentha suaveolens and Foeniculum vulgare to Control Zucchini Yellow Mosaic Virus and Its Vector Aphis gossypii |
| Authors: |
Anna Taglienti, Livia Donati, Immacolata Dragone, Luca Ferretti, Andrea Gentili, Fabrizio Araniti, Filippo Sapienza, Roberta Astolfi, Simona Fiorentino, Valerio Vecchiarelli, Claudia Papalini, Rino Ragno, Sabrina Bertin |
| Source: |
Plants, Vol 12, Iss 5, p 1078 (2023) |
| Publisher Information: |
MDPI AG, 2023. |
| Publication Year: |
2023 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Botany |
| Subject Terms: |
essential oil, hydrosol, plant virus, aphid vector, antiphytoviral, repellency, Botany, QK1-989 |
| More Details: |
In recent years, natural compounds have gained attention in many fields due to their wide-range biological activity. In particular, essential oils and their associated hydrosols are being screened to control plant pests, exerting antiviral, antimycotic and antiparasitic actions. They are more quickly and cheaply produced and are generally considered safer for the environment and non-target organisms than conventional pesticides. In this study, we report the evaluation of the biological activity of two essential oils and their corresponding hydrosols obtained from Mentha suaveolens and Foeniculum vulgare in the control of zucchini yellow mosaic virus and its vector, Aphis gossypii, in Cucurbita pepo plants. The control of the virus was ascertained with treatments applied either concurrently with or after virus infection; choice tests were performed to verify repellency activity against the aphid vector. The results indicated that treatments could decrease virus titer as measured using real-time RT-PCR, while the experiments on the vector showed that the compounds effectively repelled aphids. The extracts were also chemically characterized using gas chromatography–mass spectrometry. Mentha suaveolens and Foeniculum vulgare hydrosol extracts mainly comprised fenchone and decanenitrile, respectively, while essential oils analysis returned a more complex composition, as expected. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
2223-7747 |
| Relation: |
https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/12/5/1078; https://doaj.org/toc/2223-7747 |
| DOI: |
10.3390/plants12051078 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/a13b7baf5d694cbcb888fcee308207ae |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.13b7baf5d694cbcb888fcee308207ae |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
