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Impact of Geraniol and Geraniol Nanoemulsions on Botrytis cinerea and Effect of Geraniol on Cucumber Plants' Metabolic Profile Analyzed by LC-QTOF-MS

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PLANTS-BASEL
Volume 11, Issue 19, Pages -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/plants11192513

Keywords

geraniol-loaded nano emulsions; LC-QTOF-MS; bioactive substances; antifungal activity

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  1. European Union
  2. Operational Program Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation [T1EDK-04142]

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This study investigated the efficacy of the bioactive substance geraniol against B. cinerea in vitro and in planta. The metabolic profile of cucumber plants inoculated with the pathogen and/or treated with geraniol was analyzed using a novel LC-QTOF-MS method. Furthermore, geraniol-loaded nanoemulsions were synthesized and tested as an integrated application mode. The results showed that geraniol and nanoemulsions effectively inhibited B. cinerea growth.
In the present study, the bioactive substance geraniol was tested in vitro and in planta against B. cinerea on cucumber plants, and the changes in the metabolic profile of cucumber plants inoculated with the pathogen and/or treated with geraniol were monitored by a novel LC-QTOF-MS method employing target and suspect screening. The aforementioned treatments were also studied for their impact on membrane lipid peroxidation calculated as malondialdehyde (MDA) content. Additionally, geraniol-loaded nanoemulsions (GNEs) were synthesized and tested against B. cinerea as an integrated formulation mode of geraniol application. The EC50 values calculated for geraniol and GNEs against B. cinerea were calculated at 235 mu g/mL and 105 mu g/mL, respectively. The in planta experiment on cucumber plants demonstrated the ability of geraniol and GNEs to significantly inhibit B. cinerea under greenhouse conditions. The LC-QTOF-MS analysis of the metabolic profile of the cucumber plants treated with geraniol demonstrated an increase in the concentration levels of myricetin, chlorogenic acid, and kaempferol rhamnoside, as compared to control plants and the presence of B. cinerea caused an increase in sinapic acid and genistein. These compounds are part of important biosynthetic pathways mostly related to responses against a pathogen attack.

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