{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["11(3)"],"submitter":["Martinko K"],"pubmed_abstract":["Finding a suitable alternative to the small pool of existing antifungal agents is a vital task in contemporary agriculture. Therefore, intensive research has been conducted globally to uncover environmentally friendly and efficient agents that can suppress pathogens resistant to the currently used antimycotics. Here, we tested the activity of boric acid (BA) and its derivative phenylboronic acid (PBA) in controlling the early blight symptoms in tomato plants infected with pathogenic fungus Alternaria alternata. By following the appearance and intensity of the lesions on leaves of the tested plants, as well as by measuring four selected physiological factors that reflect plant health, we have shown that both BA and PBA act prophylactically on fungal infection. They did it by reducing the am"],"journal":["Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)"],"pagination":["320"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8944593"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Control of Early Blight Fungus (Alternaria alternata) in Tomato by Boric and Phenylboronic Acid."],"pmcid":["PMC8944593"],"pubmed_authors":["Ivankovic S","Đermic D","Martinko K","Đermic E","Lazarevic B"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Control of Early Blight Fungus (Alternaria alternata) in Tomato by Boric and Phenylboronic Acid.","description":"Finding a suitable alternative to the small pool of existing antifungal agents is a vital task in contemporary agriculture. Therefore, intensive research has been conducted globally to uncover environmentally friendly and efficient agents that can suppress pathogens resistant to the currently used antimycotics. Here, we tested the activity of boric acid (BA) and its derivative phenylboronic acid (PBA) in controlling the early blight symptoms in tomato plants infected with pathogenic fungus Alternaria alternata. By following the appearance and intensity of the lesions on leaves of the tested plants, as well as by measuring four selected physiological factors that reflect plant health, we have shown that both BA and PBA act prophylactically on fungal infection. They did it by reducing the am","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Feb","modification":"2025-04-04T22:13:15.511Z","creation":"2025-04-04T22:13:15.511Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8944593","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35326783"],"doi":["10.3390/antibiotics11030320"]}}