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PATHOGENS
Volume 9, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/pathogens9080613
Keywords
microalgae; antibacterial activity; algal bioactive compounds; D. salina; microalgae extracts; beta-carotene; bacterial speck spot disease
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- Bio Based Industries Joint Undertaking under the European Union [745695]
- H2020 Societal Challenges Programme [745695] Funding Source: H2020 Societal Challenges Programme
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Several bacteria pathogens are responsible for plant diseases causing significant economic losses. The antibacterial activity ofDunaliella salinamicroalgae extracts were investigated in vitro and in vivo. First, biomass composition was chemically characterized and subjected to extraction using polar/non-polar solvents. The highest extraction yield was obtained using chloroform:methanol (1:1v/v) equal to 170 mg g(-1)followed by ethanol (88 mg g(-1)) and hexane (61 mg g(-1)). In vitro examination of hexane extracts ofDunaliella salinademonstrated antibacterial activity against all tested bacteria. The hexane extract showed the highest amount of beta-carotene with respect to the others, so it was selected for subsequent analyses. In vivo studies were also carried out using hexane extracts ofD. salinaagainstPseudomonas syringaepv.tomatoandPectobacterium carotovorumsubsp.carotovorumon young tomato plants and fruits of tomato and zucchini, respectively. The treated young tomato plants exhibited a reduction of 65.7% incidence and 77.0% severity of bacterial speck spot disease. Similarly, a reduction of soft rot symptoms was observed in treated tomato and zucchini fruits with a disease incidence of 5.3% and 12.6% with respect to 90.6% and 100%, respectively, for the positive control.
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