Abstract
Fusarium wilt is one of the major soil-borne diseases of tomato crop globally. The study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of medicinal plants in the control of Fusarium wilt in tomato. Methanolic extracts of Monsonia burkena and Moringa oleifera were assessed in vitro and under greenhouse conditions. The in vitro experiments evaluated the effect of both extracts on Fusarium oxysporum f. sp lycopersici growth and response to varying concentrations. In greenhouse experiment, tomato seedlings cv. HTX14 were inoculated with conidial suspension of F. oxysporum and transplanted into pasteurised growth media amended with plant extract. Seedlings were treated with aqueous extracts at varying concentrations with an interval of 7 days between applications. Control treatments were treated with sterile distilled water. Both plant extracts significantly reduced pathogen growth in vitro and reduced wilt severity under greenhouse conditions. The highest mycelial growth suppression was observed in Mon. burkeana treatments. Under greenhouse conditions, both plant extracts significantly (P ≤ 0.05) reduced Fusarium wilt severity and had a positive effect on plant growth parameters. A significant increase in soil-pH was also recorded in extract treated soil resulting in reduction in disease severity. The results further provide new scientific information on how their effect on soil pH can be beneficial in the control of Fusarium wilt.
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Claim · model-written summary
Monsonia burkeana extract significantly suppressed Fusarium pathogen mycelial growth in vitro.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- Mon. burkeana treatmentse0
- Outcome
- mycelial growthe0
- Direction
- suppressione0
- Setting
- tomatot0
FusariumNot reportedComparator
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e0“The highest mycelial growth suppression was observed in Mon. burkeana treatments.”
t0“Evaluating crude extracts of Monsonia burkeana and Moringa oleifera against Fusarium wilt of tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Both plant extracts significantly reduced pathogen growth in vitro.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- Both plant extractse0
- Outcome
- pathogen growthe0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Setting
- in vitroe0
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e0“Both plant extracts significantly reduced pathogen growth in vitro”
t0“Evaluating crude extracts of Monsonia burkeana and Moringa oleifera against Fusarium wilt of tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Both plant extracts significantly reduced greenhouse Fusarium wilt severity.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- both plant extractse0
- Outcome
- Fusarium wilt severitye0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Setting
- greenhouse conditionse0
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e0“Under greenhouse conditions, both plant extracts significantly (P ≤ 0.05) reduced Fusarium wilt severity”
t0“Evaluating crude extracts of Monsonia burkeana and Moringa oleifera against Fusarium wilt of tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Both plant extracts positively affected tomato growth parameters in the greenhouse.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- crude extracts of Monsonia burkeana and Moringa oleiferat0
- Outcome
- plant growth parameterse0
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Verbatim
e0“had a positive effect on plant growth parameters.”
t0“Evaluating crude extracts of Monsonia burkeana and Moringa oleifera against Fusarium wilt of tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
Extract treatment significantly increased soil pH.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- extract treated soile0
- Outcome
- soil-pHe0
- Direction
- increasee0
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e0“A significant increase in soil-pH was also recorded in extract treated soil”
t0“Evaluating crude extracts of Monsonia burkeana and Moringa oleifera against Fusarium wilt of tomato”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors linked increased soil pH to reduced disease severity.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- extract treated soile0
- Outcome
- disease severitye0
- Direction
- reductione0
- Qualifier
- increase in soil-pHe0
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Verbatim
e0“A significant increase in soil-pH was also recorded in extract treated soil resulting in reduction in disease severity.”
t0“Evaluating crude extracts of Monsonia burkeana and Moringa oleifera against Fusarium wilt of tomato”
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