Nematicidal activity of allylisothiocyanate from horseradish (Armoracia rusticana) roots against Meloidogyne incognita

J Agric Food Chem. 2013 May 22;61(20):4723-7. doi: 10.1021/jf4008949. Epub 2013 May 9.

Abstract

In recent years, there has been a great development in the search for new natural pesticides for crop protection aiming a partial or total replacement of currently used chemical nematicides. Glucosinolate breakdown products are volatile and are therefore good candidates for nematodes fumigants. In this article, the methanol-aqueous extract (1:1, w/v) of horseradish (Armoracia rusticana) fresh roots (MAH) was in vitro tested for nematicidal activity against second stage (J2) Meloidogyne incognita. The EC50 of MAH after 3 days of J2 immersion in test solutions was 251 ± 46 mg/L. The chemical composition analysis of the extract carried out by the GC-MS technique showed that allylisothicyanate was the most abundant compound. This pure compound induced J2 paralysis with an EC50 of 52.6 ± 45.6 and 6.6 ± 3.4 mg/L after 1 h and 3 days of incubation. The use of LC-MS/MS showed for the first time that horseradish root is rich in polyphenols. The study of isothiocyanate degradation in soil showed that allylisothiocyanate was the most quickly degradable compound (half-life <10 min), whereas no significant differences in half-life time were noted between degradation in regular and autoclaved soil.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antinematodal Agents / pharmacology*
  • Armoracia / chemistry*
  • Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
  • Half-Life
  • Isothiocyanates / analysis
  • Isothiocyanates / chemistry
  • Isothiocyanates / pharmacology*
  • Plant Extracts / chemistry
  • Plant Extracts / pharmacology
  • Plant Roots / chemistry*
  • Soil / chemistry
  • Tylenchoidea / drug effects*

Substances

  • Antinematodal Agents
  • Isothiocyanates
  • Plant Extracts
  • Soil
  • allyl isothiocyanate