Vol. 38 No. 2 (2024): Advances in Horticultural Science
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The effect of thymol and carvacrol rich-plant essential oils on controlling postharvest decay molds in orange fruit

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  • L. Mokhtarnejad,
  • M. Farzanehj
L. Mokhtarnejad
Plant Protection Research Department, West Azarbaijan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center, AREEO, Urmia, Iran.
M. Farzanehj
Department of Agriculture, Medicinal Plants and Drugs Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, Evin, Tehran, Iran.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/ahsc-15659
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Published 2024-07-01

Keywords

  • Antifungal effect,
  • Satureja spp.,
  • spoilage,
  • Thymus spp.

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mokhtarnejad, L., & Farzanehj, M. (2024). The effect of thymol and carvacrol rich-plant essential oils on controlling postharvest decay molds in orange fruit . Advances in Horticultural Science, 38(2), 169–176. https://doi.org/10.36253/ahsc-15659

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Abstract

The antifungal activity of essential oils of Thymus daenensis, Thymus vulgaris, Satureja hortensis and Satureja khuzistanica as well as their major compounds were studied against mold decays of orange fruit. According to GC-MS analysis, the major compounds of T. danensis essential oil were thymol (65.5%) and alpha-terpinene (11.9%) whereas T. vulgaris was rich in thymol (59%) and p-cymene (15.6%). Carvacrol (88.4%) in S. khuzistanica oil and carvacrol (51%), gamma-terpinene (20.8%) and p-cymene (13.7%) in S. hortensis oil were charecterized as major compounds. The oil of S. khuzistanica and its major compound carvacrol exhibited the strongest fungicide activity against Penicillium digitatum, Rhizopus stolonifer and Colletotrichum gloeosporioides at 300 µL/L. The results on orange fruits exhibited that the use of S. khuzistanica and S. hortensis EOs as spraying and dipping treatments could considerably reduce spoilages decays in the fruit.

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