Cargando…
Ulva intestinalis Extract Acts as Biostimulant and Modulates Metabolites and Hormone Balance in Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) and Parsley (Petroselinum crispum L.)
Natural elicitors from macroalgae may affect plant secondary metabolites. Ulvan is a sulfated heteropolysaccharide extracted from green seaweed, acting as both a plant biotic protecting agent, and a plant elicitor, leading to the synthesis of signal molecules. In this work, the aqueous extract of Ul...
Autores principales: | , , , , , , , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
MDPI
2021
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8309453/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34371594 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants10071391 |
_version_ | 1783728525172277248 |
---|---|
author | Paulert, Roberta Ascrizzi, Roberta Malatesta, Silvia Berni, Paolo Noseda, Miguel Daniel Mazetto de Carvalho, Mariana Marchioni, Ilaria Pistelli, Luisa Rabello Duarte, Maria Eugênia Mariotti, Lorenzo Pistelli, Laura |
author_facet | Paulert, Roberta Ascrizzi, Roberta Malatesta, Silvia Berni, Paolo Noseda, Miguel Daniel Mazetto de Carvalho, Mariana Marchioni, Ilaria Pistelli, Luisa Rabello Duarte, Maria Eugênia Mariotti, Lorenzo Pistelli, Laura |
author_sort | Paulert, Roberta |
collection | PubMed |
description | Natural elicitors from macroalgae may affect plant secondary metabolites. Ulvan is a sulfated heteropolysaccharide extracted from green seaweed, acting as both a plant biotic protecting agent, and a plant elicitor, leading to the synthesis of signal molecules. In this work, the aqueous extract of Ulva intestinalis L., mainly composed of ulvan, was used as foliar-spraying treatment and its eliciting effect was investigated in basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) and parsley (Petroselinum crispum L.). Antioxidant metabolites (polyphenols and carotenoids), volatile compounds (both in headspace emissions and hydrodistilled essential oils), and hormones (jasmonic acid, salicylic acid, salicylic acid 2-O-β-D-glucoside, abscisic acid, and azelaic acid) were quantified. The foliar-spraying treatment with U. intestinalis extract increased salicylic acid and its β-glucoside in parsley; in basil, it induced the accumulation of jasmonic and abscisic acids, indicating the presence of a priming effect. In basil, the elicitation caused a change of the essential oil (EO) chemotype from methyl eugenol/eugenol to epi-α-cadinol and increased sesquiterpenes. In parsley EO it caused a significant accumulation of 1,3,8-p-menthatriene, responsible of the typical “parsley-like” smell. In both species, the phenylpropanoids decreased in headspace and EO compositions, while the salicylic acid concentration increased; this could indicate a primarily defensive response to U. intestinalis extract. Due to the evidenced significant biological activity, U. intestinalis extract used as an elicitor may represent a suitable tool to obtain higher amounts of metabolites for optimizing plant flavor metabolites. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-8309453 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2021 |
publisher | MDPI |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-83094532021-07-25 Ulva intestinalis Extract Acts as Biostimulant and Modulates Metabolites and Hormone Balance in Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) and Parsley (Petroselinum crispum L.) Paulert, Roberta Ascrizzi, Roberta Malatesta, Silvia Berni, Paolo Noseda, Miguel Daniel Mazetto de Carvalho, Mariana Marchioni, Ilaria Pistelli, Luisa Rabello Duarte, Maria Eugênia Mariotti, Lorenzo Pistelli, Laura Plants (Basel) Article Natural elicitors from macroalgae may affect plant secondary metabolites. Ulvan is a sulfated heteropolysaccharide extracted from green seaweed, acting as both a plant biotic protecting agent, and a plant elicitor, leading to the synthesis of signal molecules. In this work, the aqueous extract of Ulva intestinalis L., mainly composed of ulvan, was used as foliar-spraying treatment and its eliciting effect was investigated in basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) and parsley (Petroselinum crispum L.). Antioxidant metabolites (polyphenols and carotenoids), volatile compounds (both in headspace emissions and hydrodistilled essential oils), and hormones (jasmonic acid, salicylic acid, salicylic acid 2-O-β-D-glucoside, abscisic acid, and azelaic acid) were quantified. The foliar-spraying treatment with U. intestinalis extract increased salicylic acid and its β-glucoside in parsley; in basil, it induced the accumulation of jasmonic and abscisic acids, indicating the presence of a priming effect. In basil, the elicitation caused a change of the essential oil (EO) chemotype from methyl eugenol/eugenol to epi-α-cadinol and increased sesquiterpenes. In parsley EO it caused a significant accumulation of 1,3,8-p-menthatriene, responsible of the typical “parsley-like” smell. In both species, the phenylpropanoids decreased in headspace and EO compositions, while the salicylic acid concentration increased; this could indicate a primarily defensive response to U. intestinalis extract. Due to the evidenced significant biological activity, U. intestinalis extract used as an elicitor may represent a suitable tool to obtain higher amounts of metabolites for optimizing plant flavor metabolites. MDPI 2021-07-07 /pmc/articles/PMC8309453/ /pubmed/34371594 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants10071391 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Paulert, Roberta Ascrizzi, Roberta Malatesta, Silvia Berni, Paolo Noseda, Miguel Daniel Mazetto de Carvalho, Mariana Marchioni, Ilaria Pistelli, Luisa Rabello Duarte, Maria Eugênia Mariotti, Lorenzo Pistelli, Laura Ulva intestinalis Extract Acts as Biostimulant and Modulates Metabolites and Hormone Balance in Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) and Parsley (Petroselinum crispum L.) |
title | Ulva intestinalis Extract Acts as Biostimulant and Modulates Metabolites and Hormone Balance in Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) and Parsley (Petroselinum crispum L.) |
title_full | Ulva intestinalis Extract Acts as Biostimulant and Modulates Metabolites and Hormone Balance in Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) and Parsley (Petroselinum crispum L.) |
title_fullStr | Ulva intestinalis Extract Acts as Biostimulant and Modulates Metabolites and Hormone Balance in Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) and Parsley (Petroselinum crispum L.) |
title_full_unstemmed | Ulva intestinalis Extract Acts as Biostimulant and Modulates Metabolites and Hormone Balance in Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) and Parsley (Petroselinum crispum L.) |
title_short | Ulva intestinalis Extract Acts as Biostimulant and Modulates Metabolites and Hormone Balance in Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) and Parsley (Petroselinum crispum L.) |
title_sort | ulva intestinalis extract acts as biostimulant and modulates metabolites and hormone balance in basil (ocimum basilicum l.) and parsley (petroselinum crispum l.) |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8309453/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34371594 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants10071391 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT paulertroberta ulvaintestinalisextractactsasbiostimulantandmodulatesmetabolitesandhormonebalanceinbasilocimumbasilicumlandparsleypetroselinumcrispuml AT ascrizziroberta ulvaintestinalisextractactsasbiostimulantandmodulatesmetabolitesandhormonebalanceinbasilocimumbasilicumlandparsleypetroselinumcrispuml AT malatestasilvia ulvaintestinalisextractactsasbiostimulantandmodulatesmetabolitesandhormonebalanceinbasilocimumbasilicumlandparsleypetroselinumcrispuml AT bernipaolo ulvaintestinalisextractactsasbiostimulantandmodulatesmetabolitesandhormonebalanceinbasilocimumbasilicumlandparsleypetroselinumcrispuml AT nosedamigueldaniel ulvaintestinalisextractactsasbiostimulantandmodulatesmetabolitesandhormonebalanceinbasilocimumbasilicumlandparsleypetroselinumcrispuml AT mazettodecarvalhomariana ulvaintestinalisextractactsasbiostimulantandmodulatesmetabolitesandhormonebalanceinbasilocimumbasilicumlandparsleypetroselinumcrispuml AT marchioniilaria ulvaintestinalisextractactsasbiostimulantandmodulatesmetabolitesandhormonebalanceinbasilocimumbasilicumlandparsleypetroselinumcrispuml AT pistelliluisa ulvaintestinalisextractactsasbiostimulantandmodulatesmetabolitesandhormonebalanceinbasilocimumbasilicumlandparsleypetroselinumcrispuml AT rabelloduartemariaeugenia ulvaintestinalisextractactsasbiostimulantandmodulatesmetabolitesandhormonebalanceinbasilocimumbasilicumlandparsleypetroselinumcrispuml AT mariottilorenzo ulvaintestinalisextractactsasbiostimulantandmodulatesmetabolitesandhormonebalanceinbasilocimumbasilicumlandparsleypetroselinumcrispuml AT pistellilaura ulvaintestinalisextractactsasbiostimulantandmodulatesmetabolitesandhormonebalanceinbasilocimumbasilicumlandparsleypetroselinumcrispuml |