The Antifungal and Inhibitory Effects of Massoia Essential Oil and C10 Massoia Lactone on Mycotoxin Production in Fusarium graminearum KACC 41047

Jieun Lee and Sung-Eun Lee ()
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Jieun Lee: Department of Integrative Biology, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea
Sung-Eun Lee: Department of Integrative Biology, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Republic of Korea

Agriculture, 2024, vol. 14, issue 8, 1-16

Abstract: In wheat and barley, Fusarium head blight is mainly caused by Fusarium graminearum , and its control is based on the agricultural practices of not leaving crop residues in the field, growing phytopathogenic fungi-resistant varieties, biological control, and chemical treatment, including using fungicides. Here, we investigated the antifungal and antimycotoxigenic activities of Massoia essential oil (MEO) and C10 Massoia lactone (C10) on Fusarium graminearum KACC 41047. Because DMSO, which was used as a solvent in this study, exhibited antifungal activity at 5% in a fungal growth medium, it was used in the antifungal and antimycotoxigenic experiments at 0.05%. Three assays were used to investigate the antifungal activities of MEO and C10, which exhibited potent antifungal activity in the agar dilution assay, with complete fungal growth inhibition at 100 mg/L. At 5–50 mg/L, MEO and C10 suppressed deoxynivalenol and 15-acetyl-deoxynivalenol production by >50% by downregulating the Tri10 gene, which expresses trichodiene synthase. MEO and C10 might be potent antifungal agents for F. graminearum control with less toxicological concerns because they are GRAS chemicals.

Keywords: Fusarium head blight; Fusarium graminearum; Massoia essential oil; C10 Massoia lactone (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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