Shuzhen Yang1, Yefeng Zhou1, Junli Ye2, Gang Fan1, Litao Peng1, Siyi Pan1. 1. Key Laboratory of Environment Correlative Dietology, Ministry of Education, College of food science and technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China. 2. Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Biology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, People's Republic of China.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Botrytis cinerea and Rhizopus stolonifer, two main postharvest pathogens, cause great loss of strawberry fruits. Here, the effects of poplar buds extracts, a main plant source for Chinese propolis, on disease control were investigated in vitro and in vivo. RESULTS: The HPLC profile of poplar buds ethanol extract (PBEE) was almost identical to that of propolis ethanol extract (PEE), with the active flavonoids identified as pinocembrin, chrysin and galangin. PBEE exhibited similar inhibitory activities on spore germination of both pathogens compared with PEE, and PBEE also strongly inhibited the mycelial growth of the pathogens. In vivo, PBEE could effectively reduce decay of strawberry fruits stored at 13 °C. Although the weight loss was slightly increased, the contents of total soluble solid, titritable acid, vitamin C and total anthocyanins were significantly higher in PBEE treated fruits than those of the control. CONCLUSION: PBEE had the similar antifungal activity with propolis and had great potential as an alternative to propolis to control strawberry fruits diseases.
BACKGROUND:Botrytis cinerea and Rhizopus stolonifer, two main postharvest pathogens, cause great loss of strawberry fruits. Here, the effects of poplar buds extracts, a main plant source for Chinese propolis, on disease control were investigated in vitro and in vivo. RESULTS: The HPLC profile of poplar buds ethanol extract (PBEE) was almost identical to that of propolis ethanol extract (PEE), with the active flavonoids identified as pinocembrin, chrysin and galangin. PBEE exhibited similar inhibitory activities on spore germination of both pathogens compared with PEE, and PBEE also strongly inhibited the mycelial growth of the pathogens. In vivo, PBEE could effectively reduce decay of strawberry fruits stored at 13 °C. Although the weight loss was slightly increased, the contents of total soluble solid, titritable acid, vitamin C and total anthocyanins were significantly higher in PBEE treated fruits than those of the control. CONCLUSION: PBEE had the similar antifungal activity with propolis and had great potential as an alternative to propolis to control strawberryfruits diseases.