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PHYTON-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY
Volume 90, Issue 3, Pages 895-906Publisher
TECH SCIENCE PRESS
DOI: 10.32604/phyton.2021.014301
Keywords
Biological control; secondary metabolites; tomato crop; inhibitory concentration; botanical extract
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- PRODEP [511-6/18-391]
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This study evaluated the in vitro antibacterial activity of the ethanolic extract of Moringa oleifera Lam. leaves against several phytopathogenic bacteria affecting tomato cultivation. The extract showed significant antibacterial activity, with inhibitory concentrations increasing with higher extract concentrations. Moringa oleifera extract can be recommended as a potent bio-bactericide for controlling phytopathogen bacteria.
The tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is one of the world's most important vegetable crops. Still, phytopathogenic bacteria affect the yield and quality of tomato cultivation, like Agrobacterium tumefeciens (At), Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis (Cmm), Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato (Pst), Ralstonia solanacearum (Rs), and Xanthomonas axonopodis (Xa). Synthetic chemical products are used mostly on disease plant control, but overuse generates resistance to bacterial control. This study aimed to evaluate the in vitro antibacterial activity of the ethanolic extract of Moringa oleifera Lam. leaves against At, Cmm, Pst, Rs, and Xa, as well as information about this plant species' chemical composition. Antibacterial activity against pathogens observed by microplate technique, phytochemical screening, and FTIR analysis revealed different bio-active compounds on ethanolic extracts with antibacterial activity. The growth inhibition rate ranged between 0.08% and 99.94%. The inhibitory concentration, IC50, required to inhibit 50% of At, Cmm, Pst, Rs, and Xa bacterial growth, was 276.67, 350.48, 277.85, 351.49, and 283.22 mg/L, respectively. Inhibition of phytopathogen bacteria's growth increased as the concentrations of the extract also increased. Moringa oleifera extract can be recommended as a potent bio-bactericide.
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