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In vivo anti-mildew activity of essential oils against downy mildew of sunflower caused by PLASMOPARA HALSTEDII

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Commercial essential oils (EO) obtained from different parts of black cumin (N. sativa), mustard (S. nigra), St. John’s wort (H. perforatum), garlic (A. sativum), grape (V. vinifera), and ginger (Z. officinale) plants were evaluated for in vivo anti-mildew activity against pathotypes ‘771’ and ‘773’ of P.halstedii. The EOs were examined at concentrations of 0.2%, 0.4%, and 0.6% in susceptible sunflower variety ‘08-TR-003’ as seed, foliar, and seed + foliar treatments.It was concluded that seed treatments could be applicable and appropriate, due to the phytotoxic effects of foliar treatments at increasing concentrations. Moreover, it was observed that seed treatments with St. John’s wort, mustard, grape, ginger, or garlic EOs at a concentration of 0.6% exhibited anti-mildew activity with a decrease in sporangium quantity above 80% for pathotypes ‘771’ and ‘773’. Seed treatment with grape EO had the highest anti-mildew activity at a concentration of 0.6% and was found to be the most effective with a decrease in sporangium quantity above 90% for both pathotypes of the pathogen.

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The authors thank Central Research Laboratory (NABILTEM-NKU) for using GC/MS. The authors are grateful to Martha Rowe (University of Nebraska Lincoln) for improving the language and for her useful remarks.

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  2. Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Namık Kemal University, Tekirdağ, Turkey

    Nuray Özer

  3. Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey

    Yakup Zekai Katırcıoğlu

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Er, Y., Özer, N. & Katırcıoğlu, Y.Z. In vivo anti-mildew activity of essential oils against downy mildew of sunflower caused by PLASMOPARA HALSTEDII. Eur J Plant Pathol 161, 619–627 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10658-021-02347-z

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