Harnessing Plant's Arsenal: Essential Oils as Promising Tools for Sustainable Management of Potato Late Blight Disease Caused by -A Comprehensive Review.

Florian Martini, M Haïssam Jijakli, Eric Gontier, Jérôme Muchembled, Marie-Laure Fauconnier

Journal: Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) 2023;28(21):7302

PMID: 37959721

Abstract

Potato late blight disease is caused by the oomycete and is listed as one of the most severe phytopathologies on Earth. The current environmental issues require new methods of pest management. For that reason, plant secondary metabolites and, in particular, essential oils (EOs) have demonstrated promising potential as pesticide alternatives. This review presents the up-to-date work accomplished using EOs against at various experimental scales, from in vitro to in vivo. Additionally, some cellular mechanisms of action on spp., especially towards cell membranes, are also presented for a better understanding of anti-oomycete activities. Finally, some challenges and constraints encountered for the development of EOs-based biopesticides are highlighted.

Address: Joint and Research Unit, 1158 BioEcoAgro Junia, 59000 Lille, France.; Laboratory of Chemistry of Natural Molecules, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Liege University, Passage des Déportés 2, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium.; Laboratory of Plant Biology and Innovation, BIOPI-UPJV, UMRT BioEcoAgro INRAE1158, UFR Sciences of University of Picardie Jules Verne, 33 rue Saint Leu, 80000 Amiens, France.; Integrated and Urban Plant Pathology Laboratory, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Liege University, Passage des Déportés 2, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium.
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