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    Control of Bacterial Wilt in Tomato Using Warburgia Ugandensis Extracts

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    2024
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    Lideke, Oliver Libese
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    Ralstonia solanacearum is a soil-borne bacterial pathogen that poses significant threat to the Solanaceae family and other crops. Tomato plants are affected by R. solanacearum which causes bacterial wilt, that has no treatment. Bacterial wilt is a devastating disease that affects the plant's water transport system, leading to wilting and death. Numerous chemical agents and treatment methods have been employed in attempts to control R. solanacearum, but were ineffective. Warburgia ugandensis crude extract have exhibited biocontrol properties against pathogenic fungi and bacteria in animals but the information is limited in plants. This study aimed to determine the in vitro and in vivo efficacy of W. ugandensis stem bark and leaf crude extracts against R. solanacearum. W. ugandensis stem bark and leaf crude extracts were obtained using organic solvents viz. methanol, ethanol, dichloromethane and hexane. In vitro, antagonistic activities against R. solanacearum of all organic crude extracts of W. ugandensis were determined by standard agar well diffusion assay on Kelman’s 2, 3, 5- triphenyl tetrazolium chloride medium in triplicates. Two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used in the statistical analysis of the mean diameter inhibition zones. All the organic solvents crude extracts of W. ugandensis were inhibitive against R. solanacearum. However, the stem bark crude extracts exhibited significantly higher efficacy against R. solanacearum compared to the leaf crude extracts. The crude extracts were subjected to a serial dilution to determine the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC). W. ugandensis stem bark dichloromethane crude extracts had the lowest MIC of 1 mg/ml. W. ugandensis stem bark dichloromethane crude extracts were most effective against R. solanacearum. The crude extracts were tested against R. solanacearum in the greenhouse. The treatments were done in triplicate. Statistical analysis of the data was carried out using analysis of variance. Tomato plants established in soil inoculated with R. solanacearum but treated with W. ugandensis stem bark dichloromethane crude extract showed bacterial wilt disease incidence and severity of 0% which was similar to positive control. Tomato plants established in soil inoculated with R. solanacearum but treated with W. ugandensis leaf ethanol crude extract had the highest average height of 62.50 cm which was similar to positive control. The study proposed that W. ugandensis crude extract has the ability to be used as antibacterial biocontrol against R. solanacearum. Further research is important to determine the bioactive compounds against R. solanacearum present in the extracts that are inhibitory to R. solanacearum.
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