Biocompatibility of fungi and essential oils or vegetable extracts: a bibliometric review

Clara Matte Borges Machado,Ida Chapaval Pimentel

doi:10.33448/rsd-v10i11.19874

Clara Matte Borges Machado, Ida Chapaval Pimentel

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https://doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v10i11.19874

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Duponchelia fovealis is an agricultural pest that causes great losses in strawberry plantations. As an alternative to traditional chemical insecticides, entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) are used to control this pest. One way to increase the effectiveness of these EPF is by combining them with plant extracts or essential oils (EOs). We carried out a literature review in the Web of Science database using Bibliometrix (version 4.0.0. – R free software tool). Our purpose was to analyze data on the use of EOs or plant extracts with microorganisms to control pests, and observe research trends on this topic. Between 1994 and 2020, 112 articles were published, with the Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control as the most outstanding journal. The country with the greatest number of publications on the topic in the analyzed period was Brazil (n=38), followed by India (n=26) and the United States (n=20). Keywords that stood out the most were compatibility, entomopathogenic fungi, Beauveria bassiana, biological control, Azadirachta indica, silver nanoparticles, entomopathogenic fungus, Metarhizium anisopliae, neem, and biocompatibility. Although this research field is growing, no record of a link between EPF and EOs or “plant extracts to control Duponchelia fovealis” was found.

Highlights

The strawberry is a fruit with high added value
An essential oils (EOs) is defined as the product obtained through hydrodistillation, steam distillation, or dry distillation of a crude vegetable source (ISO, 2013), whereas the vegetable extract is described as the product acquired by treating a natural raw material with one or more solvents (ISO, 2013)
We can affirm that the field of combined action between fungi and essential oils or plant extracts is ascending in the academic community

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The strawberry is a fruit with high added value. strawberry crops are susceptible to attack by several pests, such as the crown caterpillar Duponchelia fovealis Zeller (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) (Zawadneak et al, 2017). Biocontrol agents represent an ecological alternative to chemical insecticides (Xu & Hu, 2020) In this regard, the use of entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) is a viable strategy for integrated pest management (IPM) (Gonzalez et al, 2016), with proven efficacy in the control of D. fovealis (Amatuzzi et al, 2018; Amatuzzi, Poitevin, Poltronieri, Zawadneak & Pimentel, 2018; Poitevin, Porsani, Poltronieri, Zawadneak & Pimentel, 2018). The use of entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) is a viable strategy for integrated pest management (IPM) (Gonzalez et al, 2016), with proven efficacy in the control of D. fovealis (Amatuzzi et al, 2018; Amatuzzi, Poitevin, Poltronieri, Zawadneak & Pimentel, 2018; Poitevin, Porsani, Poltronieri, Zawadneak & Pimentel, 2018) Another promising management strategy is the use of essential oils (EOs) or plant extracts (Isman, 2000). An EO is defined as the product obtained through hydrodistillation, steam distillation, or dry distillation of a crude vegetable source (ISO, 2013), whereas the vegetable extract is described as the product acquired by treating a natural raw material with one or more solvents (ISO, 2013)

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