Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Enhance the Insecticidal Activity of <i>Annona muricata</i> L. Leaves.

ABSTRACT: Annona muricata (soursop) produces secondary metabolites with antimicrobial and insecticidal properties. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are known to enhance the production of secondary metabolites in medicinal plants. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the insecticidal activity of ethanolic leaf extracts from AMF-colonized soursop trees against the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) and the triatomine bug Triatoma pallidipennis, a vector of Chagas disease. Ethanolic leaf extracts were obtained from trees inoculated with two AMF consortia (Cerro del Metate and Agua Dulce), with the species Rhizophagus intraradices and Funneliformis mosseae, and from non-mycorrhizal plants (SM). Extracts were tested in bioassays specific to each insect, including ch

SUBMITTER: Gonzalez-Lopez AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12656605 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature