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JOURNAL OF INORGANIC AND ORGANOMETALLIC POLYMERS AND MATERIALS
Volume 32, Issue 3, Pages 954-966Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10904-022-02225-z
Keywords
Lignocellulose; Cu:ZnS; Nano; Antifungal; Blister blight; Exobasidium vexans
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- DST INSPIRE [IF-150964]
- DBT [BT/427/NE/TBP/2013]
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The study aimed to synthesize Cu doped ZnS nanocore crosslinked with lignocellulose (Cu:ZnS-lignocellulose nanocomposite) for antifungal action against Exobasidium vexans. The nanocomposite exhibited potent antifungal efficacy, inhibiting the disease at early stages.
The objective of the present study was to synthesize Cu doped ZnS nanocore crosslinked with lignocellulose (represented as Cu:ZnS-lignocellulose nanocomposite) for antifungal action against the devastating tea blister blight pathogen Exobasidium vexans. The characteristic features of the nanocomposite were analyzed via different physicochemical techniques like FTIR, XRD, XPS, SEM, SEM-EDX, Elemental mapping, PCS, and UV-PL studies. The FTIR and XPS investigations revealed the crosslinking between lignocellulose and the Cu:ZnS. The presence of lignocellulose was seen to attribute a potent antifungal efficacy, also enhancing the stability of the resulting nanocomposite in aqueous suspensions. The antifungal efficacy confirmed through disk diffusion and broth dilution assays have a maximum zone of inhibition of 1.75 cm(2) and a MIC50 of 0.05 mg/ml against E. vexans. Additionally, the antisporulant activity was evident as the basidiospores failed to germinate in presence of the Cu:ZnS-lignocellulose nanocomposites. This shows potential for stemming the rapid infectivity of E. vexans by achieving disease inhibition at the early stage. Finally, the comparison with two commonly used commercial fungicides (copper oxychloride and fluconazole) demonstrated > tenfold higher antifungal activity for Cu:ZnS-lignocellulose nanocomposites. [GRAPHICS] .
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