The Eco-Friendly Management of Botrytis cinerea Causing Gray Mold in Pomegranate

Authors

  • Atifa Akhtar Department of Plant Pathology, Balochistan Agriculture Collage Quetta
  • Syed zulfiqar Ali Department of Plant Pathology, Balochistan Agriculture Collage Quetta
  • Muhammad Waris Department of Plant Pathology Balochistan Agriculture Collage Quetta (BACQ) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6107-704X
  • Kamran Hashim Jamali Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Balochistan Agriculture College, Quetta, Pakistan
  • Qasid Hussain PARC-Agricultural Research Institute, Jaffarabad, Pakistan
  • Zobia Jabeen Department of Plant Pathology, Balochistan Agriculture Collage Quetta
  • Abdul Jabbar Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, Sindh Agriculture University, Tando Jam, Pakistan
  • Muhammad Sharif Department of Soil Science, Balochistan Agriculture Collage Quetta
  • Gulshan Irshad Department of Plant Pathology, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
  • Muhammad Nawaz Sukhera Department of Plant Pathology, University of agriculture Faisalabad

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.38211/jms.2025.04.75

Keywords:

Pomegranate, Gray mold, Management, Essential oils, eco-friendly

Abstract

Pomegranate (Punica granatum) is an important fruit being grown in Pakistan and throughout world. Its wonderful cultivars are naturally flavored with sweet taste juice. Pathogens invade the fruit under favored conditions and cause economic losses. The most important postharvest disease in pomegranate fruits is gray mold caused by Botrytis cinerea. This study aims utilization of eco-friendly essential oils against gray mold disease in fruit. According to In-vitro test, of coconut (Cocos nucifera), rose (Rosa sp.), sesame (Sesamum indicum), clove (Syzygium aromaticum) and cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum) on Pomegranate exhibited strong effect on B. cinerea. Oils exhibited antifungal activity on the causal pathogen and tested through contact as well as volatile phase with different concentrations inhibiting the fungal growth of Botrytis cinerea as compare to control. In vitro experiment results showed that essential oils like clove followed by cinnamon oils with 9% concentration completely suppressed the growth of mycelial fungus causing gray mold disease in pomegranate. While In vivo experiment showed that the essential oil cinnamon followed by clove oil at 9% concentration suppressed the fungus causing gray mold in pomegranate

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2025-03-07

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Atifa Akhtar, Ali, S. zulfiqar, Waris, M., Jamali, K. H., Qasid Hussain, Zobia Jabeen, … Sukhera, M. N. (2025). The Eco-Friendly Management of Botrytis cinerea Causing Gray Mold in Pomegranate . Journal of Microbiological Sciences, 4(01), 43–51. https://doi.org/10.38211/jms.2025.04.75

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