Method to elicit tomato resistance to fungal disease
AssigneeEcoflora Agro SAS
InventorsLuis F. Echeverri L., James A. Jimenez M., Luis F. Torres
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Abstract
The present invention provides an essential oil containing cineole for eliciting tomato resistance to disease by fungal infection. The present invention also provides a method to elicit tomato resistance to disease by fungal infection.
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A method to elicit tomato resistance to Botrytis cinerea fungal infection, wherein the method consists essentially of exposing at least one tomato to an essential oil, wherein the essential oil consists essentially of 80% cineole, wherein the essential oil is applied in a sufficient amount to elicit tomato resistance to Botrytis cinerea infection, and wherein the essential oil has no direct antifungal effect against Botrytis cinerea.
A box comprising at least one tomato in combination with an essential oil consisting essentially of 80% cineole for eliciting tomato resistance to Botrytis cinerea fungal infection, wherein the tomato is exposed to infection by Botrytis cinerea, wherein the essential oil is applied in a sufficient amount to elicit tomato resistance to Botrytis cinerea infection, and wherein the essential oil has no direct antifungal effect against Botrytis cinerea.
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