The influence of plant essential oils on in vitro growth of Pectobacterium and Dickeya spp. bacteria

Małgorzata Schollenberger

Department of Plant Pathology, Institute of Horticulture Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, WULS-SGGW, Poland

Agnieszka Gadomska-Gajadhur

Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland

Ewa Mirzwa-Mróz

Department of Plant Pathology, Institute of Horticulture Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, WULS-SGGW, Poland

Damian Kret

Department of Plant Pathology, Institute of Horticulture Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, WULS-SGGW, Poland

Ewa Skutnik

Department of Ornamental Plants, Institute of Horticulture Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, WULS-SGGW, Poland

Elżbieta Paduch-Cichal

Department of Plant Pathology, Institute of Horticulture Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, WULS-SGGW, Poland

Mark Gleason

Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA


Abstract

 The activity of essential oils from Eucalyptus globulus, Pinus silvestris, Lavandula angustifolia, Juniperus virginiana, Rosmarinus officinalis and Citrus paradise against the soft-rot pathogens Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum, Pectobacterium atrosepticum, Pectobacterium parmentieri and Dickeya solani was determined in vitro. The antibacterial activity of the essential oils will be evaluated using the disk-diffusion method by Kirby-Bauer [Bauer et al. 1966]. It was found that all the presented essential oils varied in antimicrobial activity against the four bacterial strains. No differences in the influence of streptomycin on inhibition of growth of the four bacterial strains were observed. Among six tested plants, essential oils from P. sylvestris had the strongest inhibitory effect on the growth of soft rot bacteria from Pectobacterium genus. This paper constitute the first report on the activity of the essential oils obtained from J. virginiana against soft rot bacteria. They are also the first report on the activity of the essential oils obtained from E. globulus, P. silvestris, L. angustifolia and C. paradisi against P. atrosepticum, P. parmentieri and D. solani as well as on the activity of the R. officinalis essential oils against P. atrosepticum and P. parmentieri.

Keywords:

antimicrobial activity, plant essential oils, soft rot bacteria

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Małgorzata Schollenberger 
Department of Plant Pathology, Institute of Horticulture Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, WULS-SGGW, Poland
Agnieszka Gadomska-Gajadhur 
Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
Ewa Mirzwa-Mróz 
Department of Plant Pathology, Institute of Horticulture Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, WULS-SGGW, Poland
Damian Kret 
Department of Plant Pathology, Institute of Horticulture Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, WULS-SGGW, Poland
Ewa Skutnik 
Department of Ornamental Plants, Institute of Horticulture Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, WULS-SGGW, Poland
Elżbieta Paduch-Cichal 
Department of Plant Pathology, Institute of Horticulture Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, WULS-SGGW, Poland
Mark Gleason 
Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA



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