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Potential Control of Postharvest Gray Mold of Pomegranate Fruits Caused by Botrytis cinerea

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Gray mold rot, caused by Botrytis cinerea, is one of the most economically significant postharvest diseases in pomegranate fruits. The aim of the current study is to evaluate Mangifera indica, Thymus vulgaris, Origanum majorana, Salix mucronata, Cinnamomum cassia and Zingiber officinale extracts and biocontrol agents for controlling gray mold disease on pomegranate. In vitro results showed that T. vulgaris (T.v), C. cassia (C.c) and Z. officinale (Z.o) extracts possessed highly significant antifungal activities as they completely inhibited the radial growth of B. cinerea at the concentrations of 30000, 20000 and 30000 ppm, respectively. The combination of the aforementioned plant extracts and fungicide Flusilazole (Flu) overcomes the potency of Flu or the plant extracts alone specially C.c+Flu at the rate of (2:1; v/v) since it inhibited the radial growth of B. cinerea with 89.6% inhibition compared to the control. The study also proved that using the aforementioned plant extracts alone or in combination with Flu as well as the bacterial antagonists (Bacillus subtilis or Pseudomonas fluorescens) significantly reduced the loss in fruit weight. Furthermore, they also prolonged the storage period of pomegranate fruits and maintained high-quality parameters including soluble solids content and titratable acidity after cold storage at 5±1°C and 90% RH. In conclusion, using fungicides in controlling pomegranate fruit rots can be reduced by using the aforementioned plant extracts, bacterial antagonists and by reducing the concentration of fungicide through combining the plant extracts with half or one-third of the fungicide recommended dose to maintain eco-system safety and human health.

DOI

10.21608/jenvbs.2017.1822.1011

Keywords

pomegranate, Botrytis cinerea, Plant extracts, antagonists, Flusilazole

Authors

First Name

Samar

Last Name

Allam

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A.

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Department of Agricultural Botany, Faculty of Agriculture, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt

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samar_allam7@yahoo.com

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First Name

Gabr

Last Name

Elkot

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A.

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Department of Agricultural Botany, Faculty of Agriculture, Kafr Elsheikh University, Kafr El Sheikh, Egypt

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g_elkot2000@yahoo.com

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First Name

Abdelnaser

Last Name

Elzaawely

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A.

Affiliation

Department of Agricultural Botany, Faculty of Agriculture, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt

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elzaawely@agr.tanta.edu.eg

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orcid.org/0000-0001-9388-587X

First Name

Hassan

Last Name

El-Zahaby

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Department of Agricultural Botany, Faculty of Agriculture, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt

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hzahaby@yahoo.com

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1

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2017

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585

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2017-06-01

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2017-10-11

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2017-06-01

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145

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156

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2536-9415

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2536-9423

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363

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Environment, Biodiversity and Soil Security

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https://jenvbs.journals.ekb.eg/

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Potential Control of Postharvest Gray Mold of Pomegranate Fruits Caused by Botrytis cinerea

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22 Jan 2023