Eco-Friendly Crop Protection: <i>Argyrantemum frutescens</i>, a Source of Biofungicides.

ABSTRACT: Plant-derived biopesticides are emerging as a promising and popular alternative for promoting cleaner and safer agricultural practices. The present work aims to explore Argyranthemum frutescens (Asteraceae) as a source of botanical pesticides and to validate this through a cultivation process. To this task, a bioassay-guided fractionation of the ethanolic root extracts from both wild and cultivated A. frutescens on phytopathogenic fungi of Botrytis cinerea, Fusarium oxysporum, and Alternaria alternata was conducted. This approach led to the identification of polyacetylenes with higher potency than commercial fungicides. Specifically, compounds 3 (capillin) and 5 (frutescinone) showed more than 90% growth inhibition at 0.05 mg/mL conce

SUBMITTER: Hernandez-Alvarez E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11990897 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature