Volatile Formulation of <i>Mentha spicata</i> Induced Defense Mechanism in Tomato and Suppressed Damping Off Disease Caused by <i>Pythium aphanidermatum</i>.

ABSTRACT: Volatiles produced by the leaves of medicinal plants are increasingly used as a new plant disease management strategy due to their induction of diverse antimicrobial activities, it is highly essential for the development of a new phyto-fumigant product to sustain crop production. The present study attempted to find the active role of Mentha spicata-associated volatile formulation in the suppression of the growth of Pythium aphanidematum under pot culture and field conditions. Damping off disease-causing P. aphanidermatum is a devastating disease that infects the tomato crop from seed sprouting to the seedling stage. To mitigate the damping off incidence, the nature of volatile molecules produced by M. spicata was completely suppressed during di-trophic interacti

SUBMITTER: Praveen T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11645361 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature