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Biocontrol potential of essential oil from Moroccan Ridolfia segetum (L.) Moris

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The present study characterized and evaluated the antifungal, nematicidal, acaricidal and repellent activities of Ridolfia segetum essential oil (EO), against the fungus Botrytis cinerea Pers., the nematode Meloidogyne javanica and the mite Tetranychus urticae Koch under laboratory conditions. The EO exerted inhibition of the mycelial growth of B. cinerea with median inhibitory concentration (IC50) of 3.63 μL/mL and 0.92 μL/mL air, under contact and vapor phase conditions, respectively. EO application against M. javanica revealed a strong nematostatic effect on second-stage juveniles (J2) and eggs of the root knot nematode with median lethal concentration (LC50) of 10.37 and 9.26 μL/mL, respectively. The oil was toxic to T. urticae by residual contact with median lethal dose (LD50) of 6005 µL/L and exhibited a repellent effect with a repellency index (RI) of 55%. Results suggest that R. segetum oil has potential to be formulated in biopesticides to control the targeted pest and diseases.

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  1. Laboratory of Mechanic Process Energy and Environment, National School of Applied Sciences, Ibn Zohr University, BP. 1136, Agadir, Morocco

    Khadija Basaid, Bouchra Chebli & Soukaina Kaoui

  2. Research Unit of Integrated Crop Production (INRA), BP. 124, Agadir, Morocco

    Rachid Bouharroud

  3. Microbials Production Unit, Omnium Agricole du Souss, Tassila Industrial Zone, Agadir, Morocco

    Rachid Elaini

  4. Laboratory of Biotechnology and Valorization of Natural Resources, Faculty of Sciences-Agadir, Ibn Zohr University, BP. 8106, 80000, Agadir, Morocco

    Ilyass Filali Alaoui, James Nicholas Furze & El Hassan Mayad

  5. Laboratory of High Pressure Technology and Natural Products, Department of Food Engineering, University of São Paulo (USP), Av. Duque de Caxias Norte, 225, Pirassununga, SP, 13635-900, Brazil

    Alessandra Lopes de Oliveira

  6. Control and Systems Engineering Department, University of Technology, Alsinaah Street, P.O. Box: 19006, Baghdad, 10066, Iraq

    James Nicholas Furze

  7. Royal Geographical Society (With the Institute of British Geographers), 1 Kensington Gore, London, SW7 2AR, UK

    James Nicholas Furze

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Basaid, K., Chebli, B., Bouharroud, R. et al. Biocontrol potential of essential oil from Moroccan Ridolfia segetum (L.) Moris. J Plant Dis Prot 128, 1157–1166 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41348-021-00489-0

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