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Control of Early Blight Fungus (Alternaria alternata) in Tomato by Boric and Phenylboronic Acid
Finding a suitable alternative to the small pool of existing antifungal agents is a vital task in contemporary agriculture. Therefore, intensive research has been conducted globally to uncover environmentally friendly and efficient agents that can suppress pathogens resistant to the currently used a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8944593/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35326783 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11030320 |
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author | Martinko, Katarina Ivanković, Siniša Lazarević, Boris Đermić, Edyta Đermić, Damir |
author_facet | Martinko, Katarina Ivanković, Siniša Lazarević, Boris Đermić, Edyta Đermić, Damir |
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description | Finding a suitable alternative to the small pool of existing antifungal agents is a vital task in contemporary agriculture. Therefore, intensive research has been conducted globally to uncover environmentally friendly and efficient agents that can suppress pathogens resistant to the currently used antimycotics. Here, we tested the activity of boric acid (BA) and its derivative phenylboronic acid (PBA) in controlling the early blight symptoms in tomato plants infected with pathogenic fungus Alternaria alternata. By following the appearance and intensity of the lesions on leaves of the tested plants, as well as by measuring four selected physiological factors that reflect plant health, we have shown that both BA and PBA act prophylactically on fungal infection. They did it by reducing the amount and severity of early blight symptoms, as well as by preventing deterioration of the physiological traits, occurring upon fungal inoculation. Phenylboronic acid was more efficient in suppressing the impact of A. alternata infection. Therefore, we conclude that BA, and even more so PBA, may be used as agents for controlling early blight on tomato plants, as they are both quite effective and environmentally friendly. |
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spelling | pubmed-89445932022-03-25 Control of Early Blight Fungus (Alternaria alternata) in Tomato by Boric and Phenylboronic Acid Martinko, Katarina Ivanković, Siniša Lazarević, Boris Đermić, Edyta Đermić, Damir Antibiotics (Basel) Article Finding a suitable alternative to the small pool of existing antifungal agents is a vital task in contemporary agriculture. Therefore, intensive research has been conducted globally to uncover environmentally friendly and efficient agents that can suppress pathogens resistant to the currently used antimycotics. Here, we tested the activity of boric acid (BA) and its derivative phenylboronic acid (PBA) in controlling the early blight symptoms in tomato plants infected with pathogenic fungus Alternaria alternata. By following the appearance and intensity of the lesions on leaves of the tested plants, as well as by measuring four selected physiological factors that reflect plant health, we have shown that both BA and PBA act prophylactically on fungal infection. They did it by reducing the amount and severity of early blight symptoms, as well as by preventing deterioration of the physiological traits, occurring upon fungal inoculation. Phenylboronic acid was more efficient in suppressing the impact of A. alternata infection. Therefore, we conclude that BA, and even more so PBA, may be used as agents for controlling early blight on tomato plants, as they are both quite effective and environmentally friendly. MDPI 2022-02-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8944593/ /pubmed/35326783 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11030320 Text en © 2022 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 Martinko, Katarina Ivanković, Siniša Lazarević, Boris Đermić, Edyta Đermić, Damir Control of Early Blight Fungus (Alternaria alternata) in Tomato by Boric and Phenylboronic Acid |
title | Control of Early Blight Fungus (Alternaria alternata) in Tomato by Boric and Phenylboronic Acid |
title_full | Control of Early Blight Fungus (Alternaria alternata) in Tomato by Boric and Phenylboronic Acid |
title_fullStr | Control of Early Blight Fungus (Alternaria alternata) in Tomato by Boric and Phenylboronic Acid |
title_full_unstemmed | Control of Early Blight Fungus (Alternaria alternata) in Tomato by Boric and Phenylboronic Acid |
title_short | Control of Early Blight Fungus (Alternaria alternata) in Tomato by Boric and Phenylboronic Acid |
title_sort | control of early blight fungus (alternaria alternata) in tomato by boric and phenylboronic acid |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8944593/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35326783 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11030320 |
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