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. 2021 Feb 15;53:e2021-14. doi: 10.21307/jofnem-2021-014

Table 1.

Overview of studies investigating the effect of plant volatile compounds on different plant-parasitic nematodes.

Volatile compound producers Identified volatile compounds Experiment conditions Target plant-parasitic nematodes References
Brassica Glucosinolates and isothiocyanates Field biofumigation Meloidogyne incognita, M. javanica, Heterodera schachtii, Pratylenchus neglectus, Paratrichodorus allius Thierfelder and Friedt (1995), Potter et al. (1998), Lord et al. (2011)
White mustard (Sinapis alba) Methyl sulfide, dimethyl disulfide Field biofumigation Tylenchulus semipenetrans Wang et al. (2009)
Brassica leaf 2-propenyl glucosinolate Field biofumigation Globodera pallida Lord et al. (2011)
Brassica juncea, Azadirachta indica, Canavalia ensiformis, Mucuna pruriens, and Cajanus cajan Alcohols and esters and sulfur containing compounds (mainly isothiocyanates) In vitro and greenhouse M. incognita Barros et al. (2014)
Camellia seed cake 18 compounds were identified In vitro M. javanica Yang et al. (2015)
Eruca sativa (Z)-3-hexenyl acetate, (Z)-3-hexen-1-ol and erucin In vitro M. incognita Aissani et al. (2015)
Cottonseed meal 2-methyl-1-butanol, 3-methyl-1-butanol, phenyl-ethylalcohol, benzene-1-ethyl-4methoxy (p-ethylanisole), and 4-ethyl-1,2-dimethoxybenzene In vitro and greenhouse M. incognita Estupiñan-López et al. (2017)
Castor bean cake Phenol, 4-methylphenol, γ-decalactone, and skatole In vitro and greenhouse M. incognita Pedroso et al. (2019)
Citronella (Cymbopogon nardus L.) or black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) leaves, broccoli shoots (Brassica oleracea L.) and Brazil nuts (Bertholletia excelsa Bonpl.) Dimethyl disulfide and 3-pentanol In vitro and greenhouse M. incognita Silva et al. (2018), da Silva et al. (2019)
Watercress (Nasturtium officinale) leaves and passion fruit (Passiflora edulis) seeds 26 and 12 compounds were identified. 1-octanol had strong nematicidal activity In vitro and greenhouse M. incognita Silva et al. (2020)
Seeds of papaya fruit (Carica papaya) Vinyl acetate, phenylacetaldehyde and benzylacetonitrile In vitro and greenhouse M. incognita Gomes et al. (2020)
Cymbopogon nardus and Dysphania ambrosioides Ascaridole and citronellal In vitro and greenhouse M. incognita de Freitas Silva et al. (2020)