Phytochemical composition of essential oils from aerial parts of sweet basil infected by a mixed infection of tobacco mosaic virus and phytoplasma

• Published in: Archiv für Phytopathologie und Pflanzenschutz Vol. 55; no. 12; pp. 1430 - 1449
• Main Authors: Abuhadema, Yasmine, Sayed, El-Sayed Tarek Abd El-Salam, Ismail, Mahasen, AlKhazindar, Maha
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; German
• Published: Abingdon Taylor & Francis 10.08.2022; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Acetic acid; Bornyl acetate; Camphene; Caryophyllene; Chemical composition; Composition; Cubenol; Essential oils; Eugenol; Flowers & plants; Gas chromatography; gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; Hydrocarbons; Infections; Ketones; Mass spectrometry; Mass spectroscopy; Mixed infection; Monoterpenes; Myrcene; Ocimum basilicum; Oils & fats; Oxygenation; pathological stress; Phytochemicals; Phytoplasma; Plant bacterial diseases; Plant virus diseases; Sabinene; Sesquiterpenes; Spathulenol; sweet basil; Tobacco; Tobacco mosaic virus; Witches' broom; α-Pinene

Ocimum basilicum, commonly known as sweet basil, was found naturally infected showing mosaic mottling and witches' broom symptoms. Semi-nested PCR using specific primers revealed the presence of a mixed infection of TMV and Candidatus phytoplasma. This study aims to evaluate and compare the phy...