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Effects of Essential Oil Vapour Treatment on the Postharvest Disease Control and Different Defence Responses in Two Mango (Mangifera indica L.) Cultivars

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the inhibitory effect of essential oils (thyme, clove and cinnamon) in vapour phase against the major fungal diseases of mango in vitro and in vivo. Thyme oil vapour (5 μL/Petri plate) completely inhibited the mycelial growth of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and Lasiodiplodia theobromae under in vitro condition. Thyme oil vapour at 66.7 μL L−1 significantly reduced artificially inoculated C. gloeosporioides and L. theobromae in mangoes for 4 days. GC/MS analysis revealed thymol, eugenol and benzofuran, 3-methyl as the dominant compounds in thyme, clove and cinnamon oils, respectively. The activities of defence and antioxidant enzymes including peroxidase, chitinase, phenylalanine ammonia-lyase, β-1,3-glucanase, catalase and superoxide dismutase were enhanced by thyme oil (66.7 μL L−1) treatment and also help to maintain the phenolic content. Hence, postharvest thyme oil vapour treatment may prove to be an alternative means of controlling disease in mangoes.

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This research was financially supported by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), India, and National Research Foundation (NRF), South Africa, under the India and South African Bilateral project collaboration program (DST/INT/South Africa/P-07/2014), which are greatly acknowledged for the funding. The authors express their thanks to Prof. C. Muthamizhchelvan, director (Engineering and Technology), and Dr. M. Vairamani, dean, School of Bioengineering, SRM University, for providing facilities and their cordial support.

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    Anand Babu Perumal, Periyar Selvam Sellamuthu & Reshma B Nambiar

  2. Department of Chemical, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Tshwane University of Technology, CSIR Campus, Lynnwood Ridge, 0040, South Africa

    Emmanuel Rotimi Sadiku

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Perumal, A.B., Sellamuthu, P.S., Nambiar, R.B. et al. Effects of Essential Oil Vapour Treatment on the Postharvest Disease Control and Different Defence Responses in Two Mango (Mangifera indica L.) Cultivars. Food Bioprocess Technol 10, 1131–1141 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11947-017-1891-6

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