Silene uniflora extracts for strawberry postharvest protection
2023
Buzón-Durán, Laura | Sánchez-Hernández, Eva | Martín-Ramos, Pablo | Navas-Gracia, Luis Manuel | García-González, Mari Cruz | Oliveira, Rui Pedro Soares de | Martín-Gil, Jesús
Halophytes are gaining considerable attention due to their applications in saline agriculture, phytoremediation, medicine, and secondary metabolite production. This study investigated the bioactive components present in Silene uniflora (sea campion) hydromethanolic extract, and their antimicrobial activity was evaluated both in vitro and ex situ against two strawberry phytopathogens, namely Botrytis cinerea (grey mold) and Colletotrichum nymphaeae (anthracnose fruit rot). The main identified phytochemicals were mome inositol, saturated fatty acid esters, and cyclotetracosane. In vitro tests demonstrated complete inhibition of the growth of B. cinerea and C. nymphaeae at extract concentrations of 1000 and 1500 µg·mL−1 , respectively, with an activity comparable to that of fosetyl-Al and substantially higher than that of azoxystrobin. This activity was improved upon conjugation with chitosan oligomers (COS), yielding inhibition values of 750 and 1000 µg·mL−1 . The COS-S. uniflora conjugate complexes were then tested as protective treatments for postharvest storage of strawberry fruit, resulting in high protection against artificially inoculated B. cinerea and C. nymphaeae at doses of 3750 and 5000 µg·mL−1 , respectively. The reported results open the door to the valorization of this halophyte as a source of biorationals for strawberry protection.
Show more [+] Less [-]This research was funded by the European Union through the Horizon Europe Program (HORIZON-CL6-2022-FARM2FORK-01) under the project “Agro-ecological strategies for resilient farming in West Africa (CIRAWA)”, with project ID 101084398. The authors also acknowledge the financial support by AgrifoodXXI (NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000041).
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