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Chinese Journal of Biological Control ›› 2025, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (4): 959-974.DOI: 10.16409/j.cnki.2095-039x.2025.02.050

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Chemical Composition of Menthas Essential Oils and Their Antifungal Activity in Controlling Fusarium oxysporum, Causal Agent of Anoectochilus Stem Rot

LI Shanshan, LIN Baomei, LIN Hongtao, ZOU Hui, ZHANG Minghui, YANG Min, WU Weijian   

  1. Subtropical Agriculture Research Institutue, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhangzhou 363005, China
  • Received:2024-12-05 Published:2025-08-15

Abstract: The present study aims to evaluate the antifungal activitity of 10 q essential oils against Fusarium oxysporum, the causal agent of Anoectochilus Stem Rot. The phytochemicals of 10 q essential oils were also determined and qualified by GC-MS methods. Based on the results, The M. suaveolens Ehrhart and M. arvensis ‘Banana’ EOs had the strongest antifungus activity, extremely significantly better than M. canadensis essential oils and nystatin (50 mg/L) at 1.25 mL/L, which were used as standard controls. The inhibitory rates of M. suaveolens and M. arvensis essential oils against F. oxysporum with an MIC value of 0.61 and 13.30 mL/L respectively. Piperitenone was identified as a major component in Mentha essential oils.

Key words: essential oil, Fusarium oxysporum, Mentha, antibacterial activity

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