Beta
211748

Control of Agrobacterium tumefaciens with Essential Oils Compared to Antagonistic Agrobacterium radiobacter Strain K84

Article

Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

Subjects

-

Tags

-

Abstract

Crown gall is one of the most hazardous diseases for nurseries of stone fruit plants. Biological control of crown gall caused byAgrobacterium tumefaciens using Agrobacterium radiobacter K84 is more comparatively effective in disease control compared to chemical means. In the present work, the distinguished components of essential oils of caraway (Carum carvi L.) were carvone (79.38157%) and limonene (18.78265%), and those for thyme (Thymus vulgaris L.) were identified as thymol (14.79336%), 1,8-Cineol (14.45795%), borneol (13.22024%), β-caryophyllene (10.86938%) and bornyl acetate (5.08278%). The inhibition zone produced by the antagonist A. radiobacter against A. tumefaciens 27AS_ Pp4 was 11.8 mm in diameter, whereas it was 10.2 and 11.0 mm in caraway and thyme essential oils, respectively. The minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) of essential oils against A. tumefaciens 27AS_Pp4 was 12.8 μl/ml of both caraway and thyme as compared with the minimal bactericidal concentration (MBC) being 25.6 and 12.8 μl/ml for caraway and thyme, respectively. When A. tumefaciens 27AS Pp4 was treated with caraway and thyme, the crystal violet uptake was increased. No disease syndromes were observed on apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) seedlings inoculated with the pathogen A. tumefaciens 27AS_Pp4 and the antagonist A. radiobacter. Moreover, a significant decrease in the number of galls was observed in caraway and thyme essential oil treatments compared to the positive control. The fresh and dry weight of galls per plant confirmed the effectiveness of caraway and thyme treatments. The treatment of caraway essential oil showed a significant decrease in the fresh weight of shoots and roots compared to both positive and negative controls and A. radiobacter treatments. No significant differences in the fresh weight of shoots and roots in thyme oil treatment compared to negative control and A. radiobacter. Determination of the dry weight of shoots and roots comparatively confirmed these results. On the other hand, the essential oil of caraway showed a significant decrease in plant length compared to thyme, A. radiobacter, and positive and negative control treatments. In the case of thyme oil, the length of the plant has increased significantly compared to the negative control, with no significant difference between thyme oil and A. radiobacter treatments. These results suggest that the essential oils of caraway and thyme have a reasonable potential for controlling crown gall disease. Consideration should be given to the potential effect of the essential oil of caraway on plant growth. Further work with different horticulture seedling nurseries is needed.

DOI

10.21608/ejp.2021.107286.1047

Keywords

Apricot, Prunus armeniaca, Crown gall, Agrobacterium tumefaciens, Agrobacterium radiobacter strain K84, Essential oils, caraway, Carum carvi, thyme, Thymus vulgaris

Authors

First Name

Rabab

Last Name

Abd-El-Aziz

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, 12619, Giza, Egypt

Email

rab.m.sultan@gmail.com

City

Giza

Orcid

0000-0002-4302-1835

First Name

Ashraf

Last Name

Abd El-Rahman

MiddleName

F.

Affiliation

Plant Pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, 12619, Giza, Egypt

Email

aabdelrahman2012@gmail.com

City

Giza

Orcid

0000-0001-9016-6327

First Name

Dina

Last Name

Hendi

MiddleName

M.G.

Affiliation

Horticulture Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, 12619, Giza, Egypt

Email

dr_dinahendy@yahoo.com

City

-

Orcid

0000-0002-6933-2324

Volume

49

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

26580

Issue Date

2021-12-01

Receive Date

2021-11-21

Publish Date

2021-12-30

Page Start

80

Page End

92

Print ISSN

1110-0230

Online ISSN

2090-2522

Link

https://ejp.journals.ekb.eg/article_211748.html

Detail API

https://ejp.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=211748

Order

7

Type

Original Article

Type Code

1,256

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Phytopathology

Publication Link

https://ejp.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

-

Details

Type

Article

Created At

22 Jan 2023