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DOI: 10.1111/jph.12979
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
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Department of Plant Pathology, Federal
University of Lavras (UFLA), Lavras-MG, Abstract
Brazil The search for natural nematicides that are biodegradable with little or no human
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Department of Plant Pathology, Federal
toxicity has intensified in recent years. In this context, the use of essential oils has
University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa
Maria-RS, Brazil the potential to function as an alternative plant–parasitic nematode control strat-
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Department of Chemistry, Federal egy, and their characterization may identify new nematicidal molecules. In this study,
University of Lavras (UFLA), Lavras-MG,
Brazil
the nematicidal activity of Cinnamomum zeylanicum essential oil, its most abundant
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Institute of Exact Science, Universidade biochemical component and its analogue were evaluated against Meloidogyne incog-
Federal de Viçosa -Campus de Rio nita. Mean LC50 and LC95 values for C. zeylanicum oil were 49 µg/ml and 131 µg/
Paranaíba, Rio Paranaíba, Brasil
ml, respectively. When J2 placed in C. zeylanicum oil at its LC50 concentration were
Correspondence used to inoculate tomato plants, the reduction in numbers of galls and eggs versus
Aline Ferreira Barros, Department of Plant
Pathology, Federal University of Lavras samples inoculated using J2 and no C. zeylanicum oil was 98%. C. zeylanicum essential
(UFLA), 37200-0 00, Lavras-MG, Brazil. oil reduced levels of M. incognita J2 that hatched 38%–54%, while carbofuran (posi-
Email: afbarros2004@yahoo.com.br
tive control) did not prevent hatching. C. zeylanicum oil applied at a concentration
Funding information of 800 µg/ml to a potted substrate containing infested tomato plants significantly
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de
Pessoal de Nível Superior; Conselho reduced numbers of M. incognita galls. The cinnamaldehyde molecule within C. zey-
Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico lanicum oil had LC50 and LC95 values of 64 and 768 µg/ml, respectively, while LC50
e Tecnológico; Fundação de Amparo à
Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais and LC95 values for cinnamaldehyde oxime were 323 and 529 µg/ml, respectively.
Both cinnamaldehyde and its oxime inhibited hatching in M. incognita J2. These find-
ings indicate that C. zeylanicum essential oil, its major biochemical component, cin-
namaldehyde and cinnamaldehyde oxime (a cinnamaldehyde analogue) can be used
to reduce levels of M. incognita.
KEYWORDS
1 | I NTRO D U C TI O N as root-knot nematodes, which are the nematodes that are princi-
pally responsible for damaging horticultural and field crops (Andrés
Worldwide losses caused by plant–parasitic nematodes (PPN) have et al., 2012; Jones et al., 2013). In particular, Meloidogyne incognita
been estimated to be $157 billion per year (Abad et al., 2008). Among (Kofoid and White) Chitwood has a wide host range, which makes it
these parasites are species of the Meloidogyne genus, also known one of the most significant plant pathogens (Trudgill & Blok, 2001).
of essential oil in the microtube was 49 µg/ml, which corresponded Inoculations were performed immediately after mixing J2 suspensions
to the concentration needed to kill 50% (LC50) of the nematodes. The with the essential oil or control solutions. The inoculum was divided
negative control was a 0.01 g/ml Tween 80® solution. As a positive among 4 holes (approximately 2 cm deep) that were dug in substrate
control, carbofuran (2,3-dihydro-2,2-dimethyl-1-benzofuran-7-yl-N around the stem. Following inoculation, plants were kept in a green-
-methylcarbamate, 98%, Aldrich), a nematicide, was used at a final house for 40 days. Thereafter, each root system was removed from
concentration (after adding a suspension of J2 in the microtube) of the substrate, washed with distilled water, dried with a paper towel and
191 µg/ml, which was determined to be the LC50 of carbofuran in weighed. Then, galls were counted and the number of galls per gram of
a study by Terra et al. (2018). The microtubes were stored in an in- root tissue for each sample was calculated.
cubator at 25°C for 48 hr. After this period, samples were homog-
enized and 100 μl aliquots were collected and transferred to the
wells of a 96-well polypropylene plate. J2 mortality was assessed as 2.6 | Characterization of the main components of
previously described. The remaining suspension (900 μl), containing Cinnamomum zeylanicum essential oil
approximately 630 J2, was added to 4 ml of water and applied to
substrate (Tropstrato®, Vida Verde Indústria e Comércio de Insumos An analysis of the C. zeylanicum essential oil was performed using
Orgânicos Ltda) in 300-ml plastic cups to obtain 30-d-old tomato a gas chromatograph–mass spectrometer (GC-MS), model QP2010
plants (Solanum lycopersicum L. 'Santa Clara'). The inoculum added (Shimadzu Corp.). A 30 m (length) × 0.25 mm (internal diame-
to 4 holes (approximately 2 cm deep) that were mad in the substrate ter) × 0.25 μm (phase thickness) RTX®-5MS-Restek capillary column
around the stem. The inoculated plants were kept in a greenhouse was employed, and helium was used as a carrier gas with a flow rate
for 35 days. Each root system was removed and washed thoroughly of 1.0 ml/min. The following conditions were adopted: (a) the split/
with still water. After drying with paper towels, root systems were splitless injector temperature was 220°C; (b) the split ratio was 1:20;
weighed, galls were counted and eggs were extracted using a tech- (c) the initial temperature of the column was 60°C; (d) the elevation
nique described by Hussey and Barker (1973). The eggs were counted rate of the column temperature was 2°C/min up to 200°C and 5°C/
in a Peters chamber under an optical microscope. Numbers of galls min thereafter; (e) the final temperature of the column was 250°C;
(infectivity) and eggs (reproduction) were calculated per gram of root. (f) the temperature of the interface between the gas chromatograph
and the mass spectrometer was 220°C; (g) the ionization of each
molecule in the spectrometer resulted from an electron impact of
2.4 | In vitro effect of Cinnamomum zeylanicum 70 eV; (h) the range of mass/charge (m/z) was 45–4 00; and (i) the
essential oil on Meloidogyne incognita J2 hatching mass spectrum acquisition time was 0.5 s.
The essential oil was dissolved in acetone to a concentration of
Initially, 1,800, 1,200 and 600 µg/ml stock solutions of C. zeylani- 10 mg/ml, and 1 µl was injected into the GC-MS. A solution of homolo-
cum essential oil diluted in Tween 80® were prepared. Subsequently, gous linear alkanes, containing C9–C20 carbon atoms, was used as an
500 µl of each essential oil solution and 500 µl of an aqueous sus- external standard. All mass spectra were compared with those in the
pension that contained 1,000 M. incognita eggs were placed in a NIST 05 Mass Spectral Library (2005), and all peaks in the chromato-
1.5-ml microtube. Thus, the final oil concentrations of prepared mi- gram with a similarity index <85% were considered unidentified. For
crotubes were 300, 600 and 900 µg/ml. As negative and positive each of the remaining peaks, an arithmetic index (AI) was calculated
controls, a 0.01 g/ml Tween 80® solution and 415 µg/ml carbofuran according to the following formula: AI = {100Pz + 100[(RT − RTPz)/
solution was used, respectively. After incubation at 25°C for 7 days, (RTPz+1 − RTPz)]}, where Pz was the number of carbon atoms in the
the suspensions were transferred to a counting box and J2 (alive or linear alkane with a retention time immediately below that of the sub-
dead) that hatched were counted. stance to be identified in the chromatogram; RT was the retention time
(min) of the substance to be identified in the chromatogram; RTPz was
the retention time (min) of the linear alkane with a number of carbon
2.5 | Effect of Cinnamomum zeylanicum essential atoms equal to Pz; and RTPz+1 was the retention time (min) of the linear
oil solution on Meloidogyne incognita infectivity and alkane with a number of carbon atoms equal to Pz+1. Substances with
reproduction in tomato plants calculated AI values corresponding to an error ≥3% in relation to those
described by Adams (2007) were considered unidentified.
Each 25-day-old tomato plant (S. lycopersicum L. 'Santa Clara') was in-
dividually transplanted to a 300-ml plastic cup containing Tropstrato®
substrate. Four mL of 400, 1,000 and 1,600 µg/ml C. zeylanicum es- 2.7 | In vitro effect of (E)-cinnamaldehyde and
sential oil solutions in aqueous Tween 80® (0.01 g/ml) were added (E)-cinnamaldehyde oxime on Meloidogyne incognita J2
to 4 ml aqueous suspensions containing 700 J2. The final concentra-
tions of oil in resulting suspensions were 200, 500 and 800 µg/ml. Ninety-nine per cent pure (E)-cinnamaldehyde, purchased from Sigma-
The negative and positive control was comprised of either an aqueous Aldrich, was dissolved in Tween 80® (0.01 g/ml) to a concentration of
Tween 80 (0.01 g/ml) solution or 415 µg/ml carbofuran, respectively. 600 µg/ml. The resulting solution was diluted with an aqueous solution
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F I G U R E 1 In vitro effect of C. zeylanicum on M. incognita J2. (a) Experiment 1 (mean of 5 repetitions); (b) Experiment 2, (mean of 5
repetitions). Bars represent the standard error of the mean
of 0.01 g/ml of Tween 80® to concentrations of 500, 400, 300, 200 and 2.9 | Statistics and data analysis
100 µg/ml. Part (500 µl) of each diluted solution was mixed with 500 µl
of an aqueous suspension containing 200 M. incognita J2 in a 1.5-ml mi- All tests were performed twice, using a completely randomized de-
crotube. The final concentrations of (E)-cinnamaldehyde produced were sign with five replicates per treatment, except for the experiment
300, 250, 200, 150, 100 and 50 µg/ml. Similarly, (E)-cinnamaldehyde that assessed effects of exposing J2 to the LC 50 concentration of
oxime (97%) purchased from Sigma-Aldrich was dissolved in an aqueous C. zeylanicum essential oil, for which 7 replicates were performed
®
solution containing 0.01 g/ml Tween 80 to a concentration of 900 µg/ per treatment. The combined analysis was used for experiments
ml. After samples were diluted and mixed with J2 suspensions, final that showed no difference between the two experiments (p > .05).
concentrations of the oxime were 450, 400, 350, 300, 250 and 200 µg/ Otherwise, we performed a separate analysis for each experimen-
ml. An aqueous 0.01 g/ml Tween 80® solution corresponded to concen- tal repetition. Results were submitted to a normality assessment
tration equal to zero for both substances. Microtubes were then incu- (Shapiro–W ilk test) and the homogeneity of error variance (Bartlett
bated at 25°C for 48 hr, after which they were homogenized and 100 test) was assessed. When the F test was significant, means were
μL aliquots were transferred to wells of a 96-well polypropylene plate. compared using the Tukey test (p < .05). This test was applied to as-
J2 were counted as described previously, and numbers of immobile and sess data collected throughout experiments included in ‘Infectivity
dead J2 were transformed into percentages. and reproduction of M. incognita J2 exposed to the essential oil
of C. zeylanicum’ and ‘In vitro effect of C. zeylanicum essential oil
on M. incognita J2 hatching’ sections of this work. However, to as-
2.8 | Effects of (E)-cinnamaldehyde and sess experimental data generated in ‘Effect of the essential oil so-
(E)-cinnamaldehyde oxime on Meloidogyne lution of C. zeylanicum on the infectivity and reproduction of M.
incognita J2 hatching incognita in tomato’ and ‘Effects of (E)-cinnamaldehyde and (E)-
cinnamaldehyde oxime on M. incognita J2 hatching’ sections, aver-
An initial 830 and 1,660 µg/ml (E)-cinnamaldehyde oxime stock so- ages were compared using the Scott and Knott (1974) test (p < .05).
®
lutions were prepared in Tween 80 . Subsequently, 500 µl of each Regarding ‘In vitro effect of C. zeylanicum on M. incognita J2’ and
essential oil solution was added to 500 µl of an aqueous suspen- ‘In vitro effect of (E)-
cinnamaldehyde and (E)-
cinnamaldehyde
sion containing 1,000 M. incognita eggs in a 1.5-ml microtube. Final oxime on M. incognita J2’ sections, obtained mortality data were
(E)-cinnamaldehyde oxime concentrations were 415 and 830 µg/ transformed to percentages and submitted to regression analysis.
®
ml. The negative control was the 0.01 g/ml Tween 80 solution that To determine the lethal concentration needed to kill 50% and 95%
was used for diluting (E)-cinnamaldehyde oxime, while carbofuran of the M. incognita J2 assessed (LC 50 and LC95, respectively), per
(415 µg/ml) and (E)-cinnamaldehyde (415 µg/ml) were used as a posi- cent mortality data were submitted to probit analysis. SigmaPlot ®
tive controls. Following a 7-day incubation at 25°C, samples were version 12.0 (Systat Software Inc.) and Sisvar ® (Ferreira, 2019)
transferred to a counting box to record the number of J2 that had software were used to prepare the graphs and perform statistical
hatched (living or dead). analysis, respectively.
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M. incognita J2 mortality increased with essential oil concentration. 3.4 | Effect of a Cinnamomum zeylanicum essential
The concentration of essential oil needed to kill 50% of the J2 as- oil solution on Meloidogyne incognita infectivity and
sessed (LC50) was 56 µg/ml and 41 µg/ml for experiments 1 and 2, reproduction in tomato plants
respectively. The concentration of essential oil needed to kill 95% of
the J2 assessed (LC95) was 180 µg/ml and 82 µg/ml for experiments As a result of treatment with 800 µg/ml C. zeylanicum essential oil,
1 and 2, respectively (Figure 1). gall formation was significantly reduced (28%) when compared to
levels produced in the negative control. Carbofuran reduced the
number of galls approximately 87% relative to the number produced
3.2 | Infectivity and reproduction of Meloidogyne by the negative control (Figure 4).
incognita J2 exposed to Cinnamomum zeylanicum
essential oil
3.5 | Characterization of the main components of
When M. incognita J2 were exposed to the LC50 (49 µg/ml) of C. zey- Cinnamomum zeylanicum essential oil
lanicum essential oil for 48 hr, significant reductions in gall formation
and egg production were observed versus both negative and posi- The main components of C. zeylanicum essential oil were determined
tive controls. When compared to the negative control (Tween 80), to be (E)-
cinnamaldehyde (95.1%) and Eugenol (1.8%). The com-
exposure to the LC50 (49 µg/ml) of C. zeylanicum essential oil reduced pounds comprised 96.9% of C. zeylanicum essential oil (Table 1).
gall formation and egg production greater than 98%. Compared with
the positive control (carbofuran), exposure to the LC50 (49 µg/ml) of
C. zeylanicum essential oil reduced gall formation and egg production 3.6 | In vitro effect of (E)-cinnamaldehyde and
greater than 97% (Figure 2). (E)-cinnamaldehyde oxime on Meloidogyne incognita J2
F I G U R E 2 Number of galls and eggs of M. incognita in tomato roots after inoculation of second-stage juveniles exposed for 48 hr to CL50
(49 µg/ml) obtained for C. zeylanicum. Positive control: Carbofuran 191 µg/ml. Negative control: Tween 80®. (a) Experiment 1 (mean of 7
repetitions); (b) Experiment 2 (mean of 7 repetitions). Means with the same lowercase letter (galls) and uppercase letter (eggs) do not differ
significantly (p < .05) by the Tukey test. Bars represent the mean standard error [Colour figure can be viewed at wileyonlinelibrary.com]
234 | FERREIRA BARROS et al.
Área
Component RT (min) AI Si (%) (%)
Both (E)-
cinnamaldehyde and its oxime significantly reduced J2
hatching when compared to negative and positive controls. The
positive control (carbofuran) did not differ from the negative con-
F I G U R E 3 Hatching of M. incognita J2 from eggs exposed to
trol. At a concentration of 415 µg/ml, (E)-cinnamaldehyde and (E)-
300, 600 and 900 µg/ml. C. zeylanicum essential oil. As positive
and negative controls, 415 µg/ml carbofuran and Tween 80® were cinnamaldehyde oxime similarly reduced levels of J2 hatching. The
used, respectively. Means with the same lowercase and uppercase greatest reduction in hatching (77%) was observed in nematodes
letters do not differ significantly (p < .05) via the Tukey test. Bars exposed to 830 µg/ml (E)-cinnamaldehyde oxime (Figure 6).
represent the standard error of the mean [Colour figure can be
viewed at wileyonlinelibrary.com]
4 | D I S CU S S I O N
F I G U R E 5 In vitro effect of (E)-cinnamaldehyde and (E)-cinnamaldehyde oxime treatment on M. incognita J2. (a) Effects of (E)-
cinnamaldehyde oxime are shown (Mean of 10 repetitions). (b) Effects of (E)-cinnamaldehyde (Mean of 10 repetitions) are shown. Bars
represent the standard error of the mean
The activities of oximes of other substances have previously DATA AVA I L A B I L I T Y S TAT E M E N T
been evaluated against M. incognita. For example, benzaldehyde The data that support the figures of this study are available from the
oxime more greatly reduced galls and eggs in tomato roots than corresponding author upon reasonable request.
benzaldehyde (Barros, Campos, de Oliveira, et al., 2019). Oximes
have low volatility and, consequently, greater stability. This allows ORCID
the molecules to remain in the soil for a long period of time, which Aline Ferreira Barros https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0461-802X
enhances their ability to prevent nematode growth. Another study Vicente Paulo Campos https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3284-7412
determined that an analogue of 9H purine and two analogs of di- Letícia Lopes de Paula https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9735-0036
hydrouracil could control M. incognita as efficiently as the nemati- Luma Alaís Pedroso https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9964-1585
cide carbofuran (Lopes et al., 2016). Thus, it is potentially useful to Fabíola de Jesus Silva https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1734-6521
obtain analogues of cinnamaldehyde, which may possess similar or Júlio Carlos Pereira da Silva https://orcid.
increased nematicidal activities and greater stability than the cin- org/0000-0002-1961-6695
namaldehyde molecule itself. Denilson Ferreira de Oliveira https://orcid.
Both substances [(E)-cinnamaldehyde and (E)-cinnamaldehyde org/0000-0001-9326-8716
oxime] similarly reduced levels of hatching. One experiment re- Geraldo Humberto Silva https://orcid.
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most efficiently reduced levels of hatching compared with the other
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