<i>Callistemon Citrinus, Cymbopogon Citratus, and Oxalis Barrelieri </i>Extracts Stimulate Defence of Tomato Against <i>Fusarium</i> Wilt

Dakole Daboy Charles; Dongmo Lekagne Joseph Blaise; Fonkoua Martin; Nguefack Julienne; Irénée Somda

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Callistemon Citrinus, Cymbopogon Citratus, and Oxalis Barrelieri Extracts Stimulate Defence of Tomato Against Fusarium Wilt

Dakole Daboy Charles, Dongmo Lekagne Joseph Blaise, Fonkoua Martin, Nguefack Julienne, Irénée Somda

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In Cameroon, tomato yields remain low due to attacks by pathogens and insects. Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici (FOL) is a fungus responsible for Fusarium wilt, a disease responsible for important economic losses. To contribute to the control of this pathogen, the stimulatory effect of the tomato defence system of extracts of plants in the tomato/FOL interaction was evaluated. Tomato plants were treated with the aqueous extracts (AE) of Callistemon citrinus (C. citrinus), Cymbopogon citratus (C. citratus), and Oxalis barrelieri (O. barrelieri) at 10% (W/V). After 4 days of spraying with the extracts, the plants were inoculated with a virulent strain of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici (FOL) in pots experiments. Tomato roots were used to determine the contents of phenols, proteins, carbohydrates, amino acids (AA) and proline. The activities of antioxidant enzymes were evaluated: ascorbate peroxidase (APX), catalase (CAT), guaiacol peroxidase (GPX) and superoxide dismutase (SOD). The results showed that treatment of tomato plants with extracts and their infection with FOL induced an increase in the contents of phenols, proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, amino acids and proline in tomato roots, an increase in APX, GPX, SOD activities and a reduction in CAT activity. Our results suggest that the increase and reduction of enzymatic activities, and the increase in the synthesis of some metabolites could mitigate the oxidative damage that takes place during the expansion of the pathogen. Aqueous extracts of C. citrinus, C. citratus and O. barrelieri could be used as natural products to stimulate the tomato defence system against FOL.

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Tomato, Fusarium Wilt, Plant Extracts, Defence System

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Dakole Daboy Charles, Dongmo Lekagne Joseph Blaise, Fonkoua Martin, Nguefack Julienne, Irénée Somda. Callistemon Citrinus, Cymbopogon Citratus, and Oxalis Barrelieri Extracts Stimulate Defence of Tomato Against Fusarium Wilt. Plant. 2023;11(3):82-93. doi: 10.11648/j.plant.20231103.11

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Dakole Daboy Charles

Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Yaounde 1, Yaounde, Cameroon
Dongmo Lekagne Joseph Blaise

Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Yaounde 1, Yaounde, Cameroon
Fonkoua Martin

Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Yaounde 1, Yaounde, Cameroon
Nguefack Julienne

Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Yaounde 1, Yaounde, Cameroon
Irénée Somda

Department of Biology and Agronomy, Rural Institute of Development, Nazi Boni University of Bobo-Dioulasso, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso

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  abstract = {In Cameroon, tomato yields remain low due to attacks by pathogens and insects. Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici (FOL) is a fungus responsible for Fusarium wilt, a disease responsible for important economic losses. To contribute to the control of this pathogen, the stimulatory effect of the tomato defence system of extracts of plants in the tomato/FOL interaction was evaluated. Tomato plants were treated with the aqueous extracts (AE) of Callistemon citrinus (C. citrinus), Cymbopogon citratus (C. citratus), and Oxalis barrelieri (O. barrelieri) at 10% (W/V). After 4 days of spraying with the extracts, the plants were inoculated with a virulent strain of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici (FOL) in pots experiments. Tomato roots were used to determine the contents of phenols, proteins, carbohydrates, amino acids (AA) and proline. The activities of antioxidant enzymes were evaluated: ascorbate peroxidase (APX), catalase (CAT), guaiacol peroxidase (GPX) and superoxide dismutase (SOD). The results showed that treatment of tomato plants with extracts and their infection with FOL induced an increase in the contents of phenols, proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, amino acids and proline in tomato roots, an increase in APX, GPX, SOD activities and a reduction in CAT activity. Our results suggest that the increase and reduction of enzymatic activities, and the increase in the synthesis of some metabolites could mitigate the oxidative damage that takes place during the expansion of the pathogen. Aqueous extracts of C. citrinus, C. citratus and O. barrelieri could be used as natural products to stimulate the tomato defence system against FOL.},
 year = {2023}
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