Title : ( Effect of dichloromethanolic fraction obtained from the medicinal plant Scutellaria luteocaerulea on growth, reactive oxygen species, and some virulence factors of Fusarium spp. associated with bread wheat diseases )
Authors: marjan soweizy , Parissa Taheri , Saeed Tarighi ,Access to full-text not allowed by authors
Abstract
Dichlomethane (DCM) extract from the roots of Scutellaria luteocaerulea (skullcap) showed in vitro antifungal activity against Fusarium pseudograminearum and Fusarium culmorum, with IC50 values of 550 and 450 μg mL???? 1, respectively. Additionally, the effects of S. luteocaerulea on hyphal structures of the pathogens, spore germination, and mycelial growth were studied. According to the data obtained, the extract of S. luteocaerulea inhibited spore germination and mycelial growth of both pathogens tested. Additionally, the pathogens hyphae and spores were deformed when treated with the extract of S. luteocaerulea. Induced apoptotic characteristics were detected in both pathogens via the addition of the DCM fraction of S. luteocaerulea into the culture. The DCM fraction of S. luteocaerulea induced the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in both pathogens, as a characteristic of apoptosis. Activities of cell wall degrading enzymes (CWDEs) and production of deoxynivalenol (DON) were reduced. Also, the effect of the DCM fraction of S. luteocaerulea was investigated on the severity of Fusarium crown rot (FCR) and Fusarium head blight (FHB) diseases caused by both fungi on bread wheat. Plants treated with the DCM fraction of S. luteocaerulea showed an increased 1000-grain weight and decreased disease progress in greenhouse conditions. High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis revealed that the fraction had high concentration of wogonin. Therefore, the DCM fraction obtained from S. luteocaerulea could potentially be used in the future to protect wheat plants against F. pseudograminearum and F. culmorum.
Keywords
Antifungal Cell death Mycotoxin Reactive oxygen species Fusarium species Triticum aestivum@article{paperid:1102685,
author = {Soweizy, Marjan and Taheri, Parissa and Tarighi, Saeed},
title = {Effect of dichloromethanolic fraction obtained from the medicinal plant Scutellaria luteocaerulea on growth, reactive oxygen species, and some virulence factors of Fusarium spp. associated with bread wheat diseases},
journal = {Microbiological Research},
year = {2025},
volume = {296},
number = {7},
month = {July},
issn = {0944-5013},
pages = {128139--128157},
numpages = {18},
keywords = {Antifungal
Cell death
Mycotoxin
Reactive oxygen species
Fusarium species
Triticum aestivum},
}
%0 Journal Article
%T Effect of dichloromethanolic fraction obtained from the medicinal plant Scutellaria luteocaerulea on growth, reactive oxygen species, and some virulence factors of Fusarium spp. associated with bread wheat diseases
%A Soweizy, Marjan
%A Taheri, Parissa
%A Tarighi, Saeed
%J Microbiological Research
%@ 0944-5013
%D 2025