ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Phytochemical potential of Ficus species for the control of the phytonematode Meloidogyne javanica
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Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Departamento de Fitopatologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Núcleo de Análise de Biomoléculas (NuBioMol), Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
A - Research concept and design; B - Collection and/or assembly of data; C - Data analysis and interpretation; D - Writing the article; E - Critical revision of the article; F - Final approval of article
Submission date: 2019-12-02
Acceptance date: 2020-02-20
Online publication date: 2020-06-18
Corresponding author
Humberto Josué de Oliveira Ramos
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Federal University of Viçosa, Av PH Rolfs, 36570-000, Viçosa, Brazil
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Federal University of Viçosa, Av PH Rolfs, 36570-000, Viçosa, Brazil
Journal of Plant Protection Research 2020;60(2):193-206
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ABSTRACT
Root-knot nematodes, genus Meloidogyne, are among the most plant damaging pathogens
worldwide. The action of natural products against plant pathogens has been investigated
to assess their effectiveness in the control of diseases. Thus, the present study aimed to
evaluate the phytochemistry potential of the Ficus species for the control of Meloidogyne
javanica. In vitro inhibitory activity assays were performed with crude ethanolic extracts
of leaves and branches from 10 Ficus species. Among these, Ficus carica extracts exhibited
strong paralysis activity against second stage juveniles (J2) (EC50 = 134.90 μg ∙ ml–1), after
72 hours. In addition, high efficacy was observed in egg-hatching inhibition at different
embryonic stages. Microscopy analysis revealed severe morphological alterations in the
nematode tissues at the J2 stage, as well as immotility of juveniles released from eggs in the
presence of F. carica extracts. The efficacy of the treatments for the other species was very
low. These differences were supported by the variation in the compound classes, mainly for
alkaloids and metabolite profiles by Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS)
when F. carica was compared with the other species. The results indicated that F. carica is
a promising source for the isolation and identification of molecules capable of acting in the
control of M. javanica.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We are very gratefully to the Nívea Moreira Vieira, Cássia
Gondim Pereira, Geovani do Carmo Copati da Silva,
Júlio César Nunes and Antonio Xavier Avelar for technical
support. We are thankful to the professor Juliana
Lopes Rangel Fietto from Department of Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology of Federal University of Viçosa
(UFV) for contribution to the microscopy analysis.
FUNDING
This study was supported by the National Institute
of Science and Technology in Plant-Pest Interaction
(INCT-IPP), Núcleo de Análises de Biomoléculas (Nu-
BioMol, UFV), Brazilian Soybean Genome Consortium
(GENOSOJA), Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa
de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG), Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento
de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
– Finance Code 001, and Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento
Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq).
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors have declared that no conflict of interests exist.
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