Biological and Chemical Characterization of Musa paradisiaca Leachate.

ABSTRACT: There is a growing demand for molecules of natural origin for biocontrol and biostimulation, given the current trend away from synthetic chemical products. Leachates extracted from plantain stems were obtained after biodegradation of the plant material. To characterize the leachate, quantitative determinations of nitrogen, carbon, phosphorus, and cations (K⁺, Ca²⁺, Mg²⁺, Na⁺), Q2/4, Q2/6, and Q4/6 absorbance ratios, and metabolomic analysis were carried out. The potential role of plantain leachates as fungicide, elicitor of plant defense, and/or plant biostimulant was evaluated by agar well diffusion method, phenotypic, molecular, and imaging approaches. The plant extracts induced a slight inhibition of fungal growth of an aggressive strain of

SUBMITTER: Boulogne I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10604775 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature