In Vitro Antifungal Potential of Vanillic Acid against Sclerotium rolfsii

Authors

Muhammad Yousaf, Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore, PakistanFollow
Amna Shoaib, Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture Sciences, University of Punjab, Lahore, PakistanFollow
Qudsia Fatima, Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture Sciences, University of Punjab, Lahore, PakistanFollow
Shanila Bukhari, Department of Botany, Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore, PakistanFollow
Numan Ali, Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture Sciences, University of Punjab, Lahore, PakistanFollow
Uswa Fatima, Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture Sciences, University of Punjab, Lahore, PakistanFollow

Abstract

The worldwide demand for making agriculture greener, safer, and more efficient can be met aptly by the application of biopesticides. Vanillic acid is a naturally occurring versatile phenolic molecule with promising antifungal activity, however, there have been no studies of the possible use of vanillic acid for its antifungal activity against a serious soil-borne fungal plant pathogen namely Sclerotium rolfsii. This study was performed to assess the antifungal potential of vanillic acid by analyzing growth, morphological, and biochemical changes in S. rolfsii under laboratory conditions. The results revealed that vanillic acid (0.003-0.10 %) significantly reduced fungal growth, distorted fungal morphology (hyphae, and sclerotia), altered activity of enzymes (catalase, peroxidase, polyphenol oxidase, and phenylalanine ammonia-lyase). However, 0.05 and 0.10 % concentrations caused complete inhibition in the fungal growth. The results explained in this work serve as a basis for further research to formulate fungicides using vanillic acid.

Article History

Received: Jan 16, 2023; Accepted: March 04, 2023; Published: June 28, 2023

Recommended Citation

Yousaf, M., Shoaib, A., Fatima, Q., Bukhari, S., Ali, N., & Fatima, U. (2023). In Vitro Antifungal Potential of Vanillic Acid against Sclerotium rolfsii, Journal of Bioresource Management, 10 (2).