The in vitro effects of selected substances and nanomaterials against Diaporthe eres, Diplodia seriata and Eutypa lata

Grapevine trunk pathogens (GTPs) cause serious damage to grapevines and have significant economic impacts. There is no effective protection against grapevine trunk diseases. Newly designed AgSe nanoparticles (NPs) and CuSe NPs, single-element Ag NPs, Cu NPs, Se NPs and selected chemicals or chemical agents such as sodium arsenite, 8-hydroxyquinoline, silver nitrate, colloidal silver, Altron Silver fertilizer and silver thiosulfate complex (NH4)(3)/Ag(S2O3)(2) were tested in vitro against two serious GTPs Diaporthe eres, Eutypa lata and Diplodia seriata isolated from walnut. The most significant inhibition of fungal growth was observed for silver nitrate and AgSe NPs, which showed the highest level of half the maximum effective EC50 concentration with the lowest concentrations. In the case of silver nitrate at a concentration of 1000 mg L-1, 79% inhibition of mycelial growth was observed for the pathogen E. lata, 48% for D. seriata and 54% for D. eres. AgSe NPs, in which the concentration of silver is 2588 mg L-1 and that of selenium is 902 mg L-1, showed 68% inhibition of mycelial growth in the pathogen E. lata, 54% in D. seriata and 58% in D. eres.

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The study tested various nanoparticles and chemicals for their inhibitory effects on grapevine trunk pathogens, and found that silver nitrate and AgSe nanoparticles showed significant inhibition of fungal growth.