Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5762248 Industrial Crops and Products 2017 9 Pages PDF
Abstract
Four essential oils were evaluated for antifungal activities against ten isolates of Aspergillus flavus. All strains, except A. flavus PSRDC-2, were strongly inhibited by clove (Syzygium aromaticum (L.) Merr. & L.M. Perry) and vatica (Vatica diospyroides Symington) oil. The oils contained 14 and 24 compounds, respectively, with eugenol (62.4%) as the main component of clove oil and benzyl acetate (48.8%) as the main component of vatica oil. Clove oil showed 84.7% inhibition on conidial germination of A. flavus PSRDC-2 at 100 μL L−1, while complete inhibition of disease infection on maize seeds occurred at 10 μL L−1. Vatica oil at 50 μL L−1 exhibited strong antifungal activity as it completely inhibited growth, sporulation, conidial germination, and disease infection of A. flavus PSRDC-2 both in vitro and on maize seeds. Fumigation of vatica oil for 6 h could protect and cure the infected maize seed. Both clove and vatica oils exhibited dose-dependent allelopathic activity on maize germination, stem length, and root length, with vatica oil being more phytotoxic than clove oil.
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