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Antifungal Activities of Some Essential Oils Against Fusarium oxysporum of Rosemary and Sage Plants

Mihiret Mekonnen1*, Ano Wariyo1 and Guddisa Hilu2
1Wondo Genet Agricultural Research Center, EIAR, Shashemene, Ethiopia
2Ambo Plant Protection Research Center, EIAR, Ambo, Ethiopia
*Corresponding Author: Mihiret Mekonnen, Wondo Genet Agricultural Research Center, EIAR, PO Box: 198, Shashemene, Ethiopia, Tel: +251-923365183, Email: hanamihiret0@gmail.com

Received: 17-Oct-2018 / Accepted Date: 19-Jan-2019 / Published Date: 30-Jan-2019 DOI: 10.4172/2329-8863.1000419

Abstract

Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) is a common household aromatic and medicinal plant belonging to the Labiatae family and sage (Salvia officinalis) Lamiaceae family is aromatic, rather woody perennial low shrub. This study aimed some antifungal effects of plant essential oils were investigated against fungal disease agent Fusarium oxysporum on mycilial growth inhibition in vitro and disease development reserve in vivo conditions. The tissue pieces were aseptically transferred to petridishes containing a potato dextrose agar medium supplemented with streptomycin sulfate at the rate of three to five pieces per plate. Fusarium oxysporum was grown for 7-10 days on PDA at 27°C. The concentrations were tested at 20, 40, 60 and 80 μl. The same quantity of PDA Fusarium oxysporum also established in control. F. oxysporum was cut with a sterile cork borer from the edge of actively growing cultures on PDA plates. At 20 μl, 40 μl, 60 μl and 80 μl concentration, lemon grass (100%) growth inhibition was confirmed against Fusarium wilt followed by spearmint (85.00%) and minimum inhibition recorded 25.00% at Eucalyptus. As conclusion lemon grass and spear mint essential oils demonstrated the maximum antagonistic effect against the Fusarium wilt, where as Eucalyptus inhibit the list amount of growth pathogen.

Keywords: Fusarium oxporum; Essential oil; Mycelia inhibition; In vivo; In vitro

Introduction

Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) is a common household aromatic and medicinal plant belonging to the Labiatae family; it is endogenous to Europe, Asia and Africa, mainly around the Mediterranean Sea [1]. It is used for flavoring food, in cosmetic and in traditional medicine for choretics, hepatoprotective and antimorigenic activity; conventionally it is used for relieving visceral muscle spasms in renal colic, menstrual pain, bronchial asthma and gastrointestinal colic. It also has some therapeutic value in the treatment of disorders like, peptic ulcers, inflammatory diseases, ischemic heart disease, cataracts, and cancer [2].

Sage (Salvia officinalis) belonging to Lamiaceae family it is a common garden medicinal and aromatic herb native of the northern Mediterranean and currently cultured in different country, family reported to include more than 900 species [3]. Sage essential oil protected liver pates from oxidation processes and the herb used for relieve toothache, treatment of chronic bronchitis and thought topically for inflammation of the mucous membranes of the mouth and throat [4].

One of economically important disease in European countries on sage plants antracnosis caused by Colletotrichum dematium, ascochitosis, Ascochyta sclarea and root rot caused by Rhizoctonia solani . Similar in Italy and Spain include Phomopsis sclarea, Phodosphaera inequalis, Erysiphae polygoni and Sclerotinia sclerotiorum the major disease of sage. In California, USA major sever pathogen of sage seedlings infected by Fusarium was observed [5].

Although synthetic fungicides are effective, but continuous spaying has disturbed biological control by natural enemies and led to outbreaks in diseases, extensive development of resistance to mixture types of fungicides [6,7]. Synthetic fungicides have unfavorable environmental effects of have brought about the need for the development of new types of selective control the new alternatives broadly accepted plant product or botanicals fungicides. Due to their bioactive chemicals content essential oil bearing and botanical control of substitute currently used disease control agents [8,9].

The primary symptom of Fusarium wilt is observed by discoloration of the older leaves and change red to brown lesions on the stems. Above the ground symptoms include loss of turgour and leaf chlorosis, starting from the lower leaves, sometimes followed by leaf abscission and plant death. It may be manifested on only one side of the host plant [9]. Disease Plants are frequently under developed, growing slowly and change their color when compared to health ones.

Fusarium oxysporum caused by soil borne fungi and can survival in soil for many years as a resistant spore. It is spread by means of wind, rain, irrigation water, farm implements and crop residue. The soilborne fungus is the causal agent of vascular wilt, a disease that affects a large variety of economically important crops worldwide [10].

The produce from plant resulting compound are concentrated hydrophobic liquid including volatile aromatic compounds that have antifungal activity describe as essential oil. Plant extracted essential oils as have been used for since disease and insect pest due to for their broad spectrum antimicrobial activity and defense mechanism against plant pathogens. Several plant based extracts and plant essential oils have been reported to be effective antimicrobials against soil-borne fungi [11,12].

Chemical control have control a limited number of species, including the specific target of disease and insect pest species, integrated pest management the most excellent management alternative than chemical control. In recent years, organic pest management has great contribution for the control of fungus due to it is simply exchangeable organic material and have great role for confirm successful pest management strategy [13,14].

In the last study several reports on the antifungal activities of essential oils against plant pathogenic fungi in vitro conditions plant derivate essential oil its reach source biochemical activity alternative to currently used disease control agents. In the present study, antifungal effects of plant essential oils resulting from leaf part were investigated beside fungal disease agent Fusarium oxysporum effect of the essential oils on mycilial growth inhibition in vitro and disease development inhibition in vivo conditions.

Materials And Methods

Extraction method of essential oils

Plant extract were collected from Wondo Genet Agricultural Research Center. Above ground Air-dried plant materials (200 gms) of Cymbopogon nardus L., Mentha spicata L. and Eucalyptus citrodora Hook. The essential oils were obtained by steam distillation for 3 h using Clevenger-type apparatus (Ildam, Ankara). The extracted oils were stored at 4°C in a clean amber glass bottle for further used.

Isolation of Fusarium oxysporum

The infected tissues along with adjacent small unaffected tissues were cut into small pieces of 2-5 mm squares and were transferred by using flame-sterilized forceps to sterile petridishes containing 0.1% mercuric chloride solution. The tissue pieces were surface-sterilized in this solution for 30-60 sec and washed in sterile water two or three times. Clorox (10%) were used to sterilize the surface. The tissue pieces were aseptically transferred to petridishes containing a potato dextrose agar medium supplemented with streptomycin sulfate at the rate of three to five pieces per plate. 7-10 days on PDA at 27°C Fusarium oxysporum were grown and stock cultures obtained from single spore was preserved on PDA and sub-cultured kept at 4°C.

Efficacy of essential oils on mycelial growth in vitro conditions

This experiment carried out efficacy of essential its contact and volatile phase belongings towards mycelial growth of Fusarium oxysporum described by Sarwar et al. [15]. To see efficiency of contact effects, Eo were discrete as an emulsion in water using ethanol (0.1% v/v) and added to PDA. The concentrations were tested at 20, 40, 60 and 80 μl. The controls received the same quantity of PDA Fusarium oxysporum. The fungus was cut with a sterile cork borer from the edge of actively growing cultures on PDA plates. The culture media develop in the dark and were sealed with parafilm to prevent loss of essential oil vapors and incubated at 27°C. After ten day fungal and oil inoculation the mean radial mycelial growth of the pathogen was determined by measuring the diameter of the colony in two directions at right angles when the plate surface of the control Petri was covered by fungus. Mean inhibition percentage of mycelial growth in relation to the control treatment by using the formula, MGI (%)=((dc-dt)/dc) × 100, dc and dt represent mycelial growth diameter in control and treated Petri plates, respectively.

Efficacy of essential oil on fungal growth in vivo conditions

Cymbopogon nardus L. and Mentha spicata L. essential oil, due to its better efficacy those were selected for greenhouse trial to see the efficacy of the essential oil on Fusarium oxysporum. All experiments were arranged in a completely randomized design with five replications. (20, 40, 60, and 80 mg/l) concentrations of essential oil were prepared by dissolving the requisite amounts in distil water (0.1% v/v) solution. Three month sage and rosemary plants were sprayed with these emulsions (10 ml for each plant) uniformly using with a manually operated glass knapsack sprayer.

Statistical analysis

Analysis made using SAS software version: 9.2 and the data from two sovereign experiments were analyzed separately.

Results And Discussion

From examined essential oil it was practical observed that at 20 μl, 40 μl, 60 μl and 80 μl absorption of essential oil of lemongrass oil showed the maximum inhibition the mycelial growth, pursue by spear mint and Eucalyptus has the minimum effective.

At 20 μl, 40 μl, 60 μl and 80 μl concentration, 100% growth inhibition was recorded against Fusarium wilt by lemongrass followed by spearmint (85.00%) and minimum 25.00% for eucalyptus. All concentration of lemon grass essential oil showed entirely inhibited the growth of mycelial. Essential oils of mint were found to be antifungal 40 μl, 60 μl, 80 μl and 20 μl respectively (Figures 1a-1d).

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Figure 1a: Paper mint.

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Figure 1b: Lemon grass.

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Figure 1c: Eucalyptus globules.

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Figure 1d: Control.

In this study examination discovered that the three essential oils tested, had antifungal activity from minimum to maximum against F. oxysporum on sage and rosemary plants. From all tested essential oil treatments inhibited mycelial growth of F. oxysporum sage in dual culture. F. oxysporum was inhibited by Citronel oil , spearmint oil and lemon grass oil , by 100, 85 and 25% respectively. Present study it has determined that lemon grass presented highly activity to Fusarium pathogen.

The maximum inhibition zone recorded at 10 days, 20 days and 30 days, similarly from 20 μl, 40 μl, 60 μl and 80 μl minimum mycelial growth rate (25%) were found with all concentration. Similarly, Hadi and Kashefi, showed that Cinnamon extract was effective against Fusarium oxysporum. Soylu et al. [16] Reported Mentha sp. extract to cause inhibition development of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cumini, supports our findings. Ghorbany et al. [17] tested that the Cinnamon oil create that the oil had antifungal activity against Penicillium digitatum and Fusarium oxysporum. Cumin, Thymus and Rosemary suppressed the growth of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cicer mycelial it was reported by Boniface et al. [18] Plant derivative extract has antifungal activity was reported against fungi such as F. oxysporum [19] Phytophthora nicotianae [20]. It has been reported that combined treatment with rosemary oil, clove oil and thyme oil can reduce tomato Fusarium wilt much more efficiently in comparison with control effect with single treatment by clove oil, thyme oil, or rosemary oil [21].

The efficacy of plant extract against the pathogen was in the orderly of clove oil greater than lemongrass followed by mint and eucalyptus. Clove oil not only for the control of single fungi it has brode-spectrum activities to suppress several plant pathogenic fungi [22].

In our five-year examination, rosemary and sage plant highly attacked by Fusarium wilt and Phoma spp. This is probably due to major contamination in the field as continues harvesting effect of manner and also irrigation problem. From the previous study most of the aromatic and medicinal plants attacked by Fusarium and Phoma sp (Figures 2a and 2b).

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Figure 2a: Treated.

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Figure 2b: Untreated.

This study show that root rot, vascular wilt, damping off of medicinal plant, which cause by soil borne fungi, are very significant disease in medicinal plants. Thus, it is probable medicinal plants will be planted in the vast number of fields. It is necessary that researcher consider and survey different kind of control methods or prevention of soil borne fungi disease. Moreover, control of pathogen agents of medicinal plants is different from other agricultural plants. In future, regarding to problems of chemical medicine, medicinal plants maybe will be used more than now and medicinal plant will be very important plant in future. So, it is a nice suggestion that research project concentrate on nonchemical methods or integrated pest management in order to decrease consuming of chemical and prevent adverse effects of them on human and nature [23].

Two main soil-borne fungal pathogens, Fusarium and Phoma species have been reported to cause wilting diseases in a variety of plants including Rosemary as an economic tree. Recently, these soilborne pathogens have been severely increased due to development of Rosemary plantation in the country. These soil-borne pathogens have caused root rot and wilting disease that resulted yield losses on infected plants all over the world [24] (Tables 1-3).

S No. Treatments 10-days% Inhibition 20-days% Inhibition 30-days% Inhibition
20 μl 40 μl 60 μl 80 μl 20 μl 40 μl 60 μl 80 μl 20 μl 40 μl 60 μl 80 μl
1 Spear mint 100 100 100 100 88.89 90 86.67 91.11 77.8 85.6 87 81
2 Lemon grass 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
3 Eucalyptus globules 80.55 67.77 60.55 58.33 27.78 27.78 19.44 08.33 5.5 0 0 0
4 Control 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Each value represents the mean of five replicates. Inhibition zone was compared using least significant difference at ≤ 5%.

Table 1: Growth inhibition of treated with different essential oils.

Treatments (%) PH (cm) Brno. FLWPP (Kg) FSW EOC EOY (lit.) DS (%) DC (%)
Spear mint 20 78.25ab 70.75ab 63.76a 22.70a 0.310c 19.76a 25.00a 0.00b
Spear mint 40 87.50a 60.25b 37.48cb 17.70a 0.170f 6.37bc 5.00b 80.00a
Spear mint 60 76.00ab 68.50ab 39.48b 22.87a 0.180e 7.10bc 25.00a 0.00b
Spear mint 80 76.00ab 52.00b 42.18b 18.91a 0.140h 5.90c 5.00b 80.00a
Lemon grass 20 53.75b 49.25b 34.05cbd 18.81a 0.310c 10.55b 5.00b 80.00a
Lemon grass 40 79.75 a 70.50ab 23.94cd 22.47a 0.290d 6.94bc 5.00b 80.00a
Lemon grass 60 77.75ab 48.25b 30.99cbd 18.24a 0.160g 4.96c 5.00b 80.00a
Lemon grass 80 70.00ab 62.75ab 21.09d 12.79a 0.380b 8.01bc 5.00b 80.00a
control 76.75ab 93.75a 36.48cb 13.04a 0.540ab 19.70a 25.00a 0.00b
lsd 22.227 31.383 13.898 15.303 0 4.3188 0.02 0.02

The same later within the same column are not statistically different (p<0.05). Where PH-Plant height, Brno-Branch number, FLWPP-fresh leaf weight per plant, FSWFresh stem weight, EOC-essential oil content, EOY-essential oil yield, DS-disease severity and DC disease control.

Table 2: Efficacy of essential oil on rosemary Fusarium wilts in green house condition.

Treatments (%) PH (cm) Brno. FLWPP(Kg) FSW EOC EOY (lit.) DS (%)
Spear mint 20 87.75bac 43.00e 53.34ba 37.02ab 0.360e 13.32b 5.00b
Spear mint 40 96.00ba 45.25e 55.25ba 35.29bac 0.400c 14.11b 5.00b
Spear mint 60 73.75c 47.50de 42.23b 32.44bc 0.350f 11.35cb 5.00b
Spear mint 80 88.00bac 40.75e 40.65b 31.29bc 0.430b 13.45b 5.00b
Lemon grass 20 87.50bac 67.75c 41.72b 33.09bc 0.380d 12.57cb 5.00b
Lemon grass 40 85.75bac 66.00dc 43.09b 26.56c 0.350f 9.29c 5.00b
Lemon grass 60 96.25ba 89.25b 58.60ba 34.70bc 0.380d 13.18b 5.00b
Lemon grass 80 102.00a 112.00a 71.16a 43.74a 0.470a 20.56a 3.00c
control 77.25bc 54.50dce 41.73b 31.83bc 0.470a 14.96b 20.00a
lsd 19.335 18.943 20.803 8.765 0 3.707 1.123

The same later within the same column are not statistically different (p<0.05). Where PH–Plant height, Brno- Branch number, FLWPP–fresh leaf weight per plant, FSW- Fresh stem weight, EOC-essential oil content, EOY-essential oil yield, DS-disease severity and DC disease control.

Table 3: Efficacy of essential oil on on sage Fusarium wilts in green house condition.

Conclusion

In conclusion lemon grass and spear mint essential oils showed the maximum anti-fungal activity against the Fusarium wilt on both sage and rosemary plants, whereas Eucalyptus inhibit the list amount of growth pathogen. If these antifungal activities also effective in field conditions, they can be used as option for the management of Fusarium wilt and used as alternative to chemical control which is environmentally safe. Therefore, developing commercial products containing several plant essential oils might be promising as ecofriendly strategy to control sage and rosemary Fusarium wilt.

Acknowledgements

The authors would like to express their gratitude to Institute of agricultural research science, and plant pathology program for financial support awarded to the scientific project activity.

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Citation: Mekonnen M, Wariyo A, Hilu G (2019) Antifungal Activities of Some Essential Oils Against Fusarium oxysporum of Rosemary and Sage Plants. Adv Crop Sci Tech 7: 419. DOI: 10.4172/2329-8863.1000419

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