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Control of the Potato Virus X Through Application of Root Extracts of Chlorophytum nepalense to Potato Plants and Tubers

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The perennial herb Chlorophytum nepalense (Lindley) Baker, widely distributed throughout the northern parts of Tripura State of India, is used traditionally by Tripuri farmers as a root extract to control dark viral necrotic lesions of sprouted potato tubers and plants. The root extracts strongly reduced infection of potato plants and sprouted tubers by Potato virus X under glasshouse conditions. The root extract was found to contain the three plant-viricidal compounds chlorogenic acid, kaempferol-3-O-(3′,6′di-O-E-p-coumaroyl)-β-d-glucopyranoside, and luteolin and suggests that the isolated compounds may have the potential to be used as natural plant-viricidal compounds.

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The author wishes to thank Dr. Colin Jeffries, SASA, UK, for help with this article.

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Acharya, S. Control of the Potato Virus X Through Application of Root Extracts of Chlorophytum nepalense to Potato Plants and Tubers. Potato Res. 56, 1–10 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11540-012-9227-4

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