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) |