Secondary plant metabolites as control agents of postharvest Penicillium rot on tulip bulbs

E.J. Smid; Y. de Witte; L.G.M. Gorris

doi:10.1016/0925-5214(95)00010-4

Secondary plant metabolites as control agents of postharvest Penicillium rot on tulip bulbs

E.J. Smid, Y. de Witte, L.G.M. Gorris

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Abstract

Fifteen essential oil components were screened for their antifungal activity towards Penicillium hirsutum. From these, carvone, cuminaldehyde, perillaldehyde, cinnamaldehyde, salicylaldehyde and benzaldehyde were selected as the most potent inhibitors of in vitro growth. Growth inhibition by carvone was found to be reversible. Exposure to cuminaldehyde, perillaldehyde, cinnamaldehyde and salicylaldehyde caused irreversible inhibition of fungal growth. Storage of tulip bulbs in atmospheres containing cuminaldehyde, perillaldehyde, salicylaldehyde or carvone resulted in a significant reduction of the natural Penicillium infection. Dipping tulip bulbs in an aqueous solution of 3.9 mM cinnamaldehyde gave a 40-fold reduction of the fungal population but did not affect the bacterial population. Treatment of tulip bulbs with carvone, cuminaldehyde, perillaldehyde, cinnamaldehyde or salicylaldehyde had no effect on the total stalk length or the flowering capacity of tulip bulbs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	303-312
Journal	Postharvest Biology and Technology
Volume	6
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0925-5214(95)00010-4
Publication status	Published - 1995

Keywords

Biochemical control
Essential oil
Penicillium hirsutum
Postharvest disease
Tulip

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Secondary plant metabolites as control agents of postharvest Penicillium rot on tulip bulbs

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