| Title: | Nematicidal activity of furanocoumarins from parsley against Meloidogyne spp |
| Author(s): | Caboni P; Saba M; Oplos C; Aissani N; Maxia A; Menkissoglu-Spiroudi U; Casu L; Ntalli N; |
| Address: | "Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy. Pesticide Science Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1526-4998 (Electronic) 1526-498X (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "BACKGROUND: This report describes activity against Meloidogyne spp. and chemical characterisation of the essential oil and methanol extract of Petroselinum crispum aerial parts. The study was based on the hypothesis that P. crispum could be used as an intercrop and soil amendment in tomato culture for nematode control. RESULTS: The methanol extract and the essential oil exhibited significant nematicidal activity against M. incognita, M. hapla and M. arenaria, the first being the most sensitive species, with EC50 /72 h values of 140 +/- 15 and 795 +/- 125 mg L(-1) for the extract and oil respectively. The most abundant furanocoumarin compounds in the methanolic extract were xanthotoxin, psoralen, bergapten and oxypeucedanin; levels ranged from 1.77 to 46.04 mg kg(-1) wet weight. The EC50 /24 h values of xanthotoxol, psoralen and xanthotoxin against M. incognita were 68 +/- 33, 147 +/- 88 and 200 +/- 21 mg L(-1) respectively. The addition of fresh parsley paste to soil reduced the number of M. incognita females and plant galls on tomato roots; EC50 values were 24.79 and 28.07 mg g(-1) respectively. Moreover, parsley paste enhanced tomato growth in a dose-response manner. CONCLUSIONS: Parsley exhibits promising nematicidal activity as an organic amendment and as a source of nematotoxic furanocoumarins" |
| Keywords: | "Animals *Antinematodal Agents Chromatography, Liquid *Furocoumarins Solanum lycopersicum/parasitology Mass Spectrometry *Oils, Volatile/chemistry *Pest Control Petroselinum/*chemistry Plant Components, Aerial/chemistry Plant Extracts/chemistry Plant Roots;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineCaboni, Pierluigi Saba, Marco Oplos, Chrisostomos Aissani, Nadhem Maxia, Andrea Menkissoglu-Spiroudi, Urania Casu, Laura Ntalli, Nikoletta eng England 2014/08/27 Pest Manag Sci. 2015 Aug; 71(8):1099-105. doi: 10.1002/ps.3890. Epub 2014 Sep 25" |
