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Biocontrol Activity of Medicinal Plants from Argentina

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The use of plants with therapeutic properties is as ancient as human civilization, and for a long time, they were the main sources of drugs. In recent years, there has been a growing interest in alternative therapies especially those derived from plants. Natural products for plants seem to be a good alternative to chemical fungicides since numerous plants have the potential to control phytopathogenic fungi and have much prospect to be used as a fungicide. Several plants from central Argentina were evaluated on fungal species which attack crops of agronomic interest. Different extracts of Achyrocline satureioides, Aspidosperma quebracho blanco, Larrea cuneifolia, Larrea divaricata, Maytenus vitis-idaea, Minthostachys verticillata, and Verbascum thapsus were studied in vitro and in vivo on phytopathogenic growth and were also evaluated for their safety in seedlings. From the chloroform extract of Larrea divaricata, of antifungal high capacity, three compounds could be identified using chromatographic and spectroscopic methods: Apigenine-7-methylether, nordihydroguaiaretic acid, and 3,4-dihydroxy-3,4-dimethoxy-6,7-cyclolignan. The latter compound is described for the first time in the species.

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  1. Laboratorio de Interacción Microorganismo—Planta, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físico-Químicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto, Campus Universitario X5804BYA, Río Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina

    Verónica Vogt, Javier A. Andrés & Susana B. Rosas

  2. Laboratorio de Microbiología Agrícola, Facultad de Agronomía y Veterinaria, Universidad Nacional de RÚo Cuarto, Campus Universitario X5804BYA, Río Cuarto, Córdoba, Argentina

    Javier A. Andrés

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Vogt, V., Andrés, J.A., Rovera, M., Sabini, L., Rosas, S.B. (2015). Biocontrol Activity of Medicinal Plants from Argentina. In: Egamberdieva, D., Shrivastava, S., Varma, A. (eds) Plant-Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) and Medicinal Plants. Soil Biology, vol 42. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13401-7_20

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