Nematicidal activity of tirotundin and parthenolide isolated from Tithonia diversifolia and Chrysanthemum parthenium

Author(s):  
Mingxian Lan ◽  
Xi Gao ◽  
Xiuan Duan ◽  
Hongmei Li ◽  
Hang Yu ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Firdaus Oktafiyanto ◽  
Ankardiansyah Pandu Pradana ◽  
Abdul Munif

Root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita is a soil-borne pathogen in plantation crops. Tea, coffee, pepper, tobacco, and patchouli plant have been reported as host of this nematode. Environmentally friendly, inexpensive, and effective technique is required to control the population of M. incognita. Utilization of tithonia plant as botanical nematicide is an alternative solution needs to be applied. A total of 1:10 (w/v) of leaves, stems, and flowers of tithonia was boiled. Further, the decoction was used in the in vitro mortality test of J2 of M. incognita. The result showed that decoction of leaves, stems, and flowers of tithonia at various concentrations led to nematicidal effect against M. incognita. Best performance of nematicidal activity was found in the decoction of flowers at a concentration of 50%. This study provides new information concerning nematicidal effect of decoction of leaves, stems, and flowers of tithonia against M. incognita.


2010 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gui-jun ZHAO ◽  
Chong-xi ZHANG ◽  
Zhi-jun WU ◽  
Xia LI ◽  
Ying-bo YANG ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hwan-Su Hwang ◽  
Jung Yeon Han ◽  
Yong Eui Choi

Abstract Pine wood nematodes (PWNs: Bursaphelenchus xylophilus) infect pine trees and cause serious pine wilt disease. Eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) has resistance to PWN. However, the detailed defense mechanisms of P. strobus against PWN are not well known. When P. strobus plants were infected with PWNs, the accumulation of stilbenoids, dihydropinosylvin monomethyl ether (DPME) and pinosylvin monomethyl ether (PME), were increased remarkably. DPME and PME had the high nematicidal activity. Interestingly, the nematicidal activity of the two compounds was resulted in a developmental stage-dependent manner. PME was more toxic to adult PWNs than juveniles, whereas DPME was found more toxic to juvenile PWNs than the adults. The genes involved in PME and DPME biosynthesis such as phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL), 4-coumarate-CoA ligase (4CL), pinosylvin synthase (STS), and pinosylvin O-methyltransferase (PMT) were isolated using de novo sequencing of the transcriptome in P. strobus. In addition, transcription factors (bHLH, MYB and WRKY) related to stilbene biosynthesis were isolated. qPCR analyses of the selected genes (PAL, 4CL, STS, and PMT) including transcription factors (bHLH, MYB and WRKY) revealed that the expression level of the selected genes highly enhanced after PWN infection. Our results suggest that pinosylvin-type stilbenoid biosynthesis is highly responsive to PWN infection and plays an important role in PWN resistance of P. strobus trees.


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