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. 2021 Nov 25;7(12):1006. doi: 10.3390/jof7121006

Table 2.

Compilation of the best antifungal activities of macroalgae extracts against phytopathogenic fungi obtained using in vitro methodologies (summary of the information available in Scopus up until 25 February 2021). Detailed information regarding the results obtained for each study can be consulted in Supplementary Tables S1–S10. * Algae species not found in the Algaebase database.

Phytopathogenic Fungi Host Species Methodology Reference
Alternaria alternata Hormophysa cuneiformis Agar diffusion assay/Broth microdilution assay [56]
Ulva lactuca Disc diffusion technique [58]
Aspergillus fumigatus Anthophycus longifolius Well diffusion technique [51]
Osmundea pinnatifida Radial growth inhibition [117]
Aspergillus niger Anthophycus longifolius Well diffusion technique [51]
Ulva lactuca Disc diffusion technique [58]
Aspergillus terreus Anthophycus longifolius Well diffusion technique [51]
Botrytis cinerea Dictyopteris polypodioides Agar diffusion technique [63]
Cladosporium herbarum Hormophysa cuneiformis Agar diffusion assay/Broth microdilution assay [56]
Colletotrichum acutatum Dictyota dichotoma Disc diffusion technique [65]
Dictyota implexa Disc diffusion technique [65]
Dictyota spiralis Disc diffusion technique [65]
Colletotrichum falcatum Caulerpa racemosa Poisoned food technique [66]
Hydropuntia edulis Poisoned food technique [66]
Sargassum myricocystum * Poisoned food technique [66]
Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Hypnea musciformis Disc diffusion technique [67,68]
Kappaphycus alvarezii Poisoned food technique [69]
Laurencia dendroidea Disc diffusion technique [67]
Ochtodes secundiramea Disc diffusion technique [67,68]
Palisada flagellifera Disc diffusion technique [68]
Pterocladiella capillacea Disc diffusion technique [67]
Colletotrichum musae Hypnea musciformis Poisoned food technique [67]
Laurencia dendroidea Poisoned food technique [67]
Ochtodes secundiramea Poisoned food technique [67]
Padina gymnospora Poisoned food technique [67]
Pterocladiella capillacea Poisoned food technique [67]
Fusarium culmorum Fucus vesiculosus Inhibition of mycelial growth/Macroconidia germination inhibition [57]
Fusarium graminearum Dictyopteris polypodioides Agar diffusion technique [63]
Fusarium moniliforme Botryocladia leptopoda Test tube in agar [96]
Dictyota hauckiana Test tube in agar [96]
Fusarium oxysporum Asparagopsis taxiformis Well diffusion technique [118]
Calliblepharis floresii * Poisoned food technique [52]
Caulerpa chemnitzia Poisoned food technique [52]
Caulerpa racemosa Poisoned food technique [52]
Caulerpa scalpelliformis Poisoned food technique [52]
Caulerpa taxifolia Poisoned food technique [52]
Centroceras sp. Poisoned food technique [52]
Ceramium sp. Poisoned food technique [52]
Chaetomorpha antennina Poisoned food technique [52]
Codium indicum Poisoned food technique [52]
Dictyopteris polypodioides Agar diffusion technique [63]
Dictyota dicotoma Poisoned food technique [52]
Gelidium pulchrum Poisoned food technique [52]
Gracilaria corticata Poisoned food technique [52]
Halimeda tuna Poisoned food technique/Field studies [52,71]
Halymenia porphyriformis Poisoned food technique [52]
Hormophysa cuneiformis Agar diffusion assay/Broth microdilution assay [56]
Hypnea musciformis Poisoned food technique [52]
Jania pedunculata var. adhaerens Poisoned food technique [52]
Jolyna laminariodes Poisoned food technique [52]
Melanothamnus afaqhusainii Poisoned food technique/Field studies [52,72]
Neoporphyra perforata Poisoned food technique [52]
Osmundea pinnatifida Poisoned food technique [52]
Padina boergesenii Disc diffusion technique [119]
Padina tetrastromatica Poisoned food technique [52,71]
Polycladia indica Poisoned food technique/Disc diffusion technique [52,71,72,109]
Polycladia myrica Disc diffusion technique [119]
Sargassum aquifolium Poisoned food technique [52]
Sargassum cinereum Disc diffusion technique [119]
Sargassum ilicifolium Disc diffusion technique [109]
Sargassum tenerrimum Poisoned food technique [52]
Sargassum wightii Poisoned food technique [52]
Scinaia huismanii Poisoned food technique [52]
Spatoglossum asperum Disc diffusion assay [120]
Steochospermum polypolides * Poisoned food technique [52]
Udotea sp. Poisoned food technique [52]
Ulva rigida Poisoned food technique [52]
Valaniopsis sp. * Poisoned food technique [52]
Fusarium oxysporum albedinis Dictyota dichotoma Disc diffusion technique [65]
Dictyota implexa Disc diffusion technique [65]
Dictyota spiralis Disc diffusion technique [65]
Fusarium oxysporum dianthi Dictyota dichotoma Disc diffusion technique [65]
Dictyota implexa Disc diffusion technique [65]
Dictyota spiralis Disc diffusion technique [65]
Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. udum Caulerpa racemosa Poisoned food technique [105]
Hydropuntia edulis Poisoned food technique [105]
Sargassum myricocystum * Poisoned food technique [105]
Fusarium oxysporum lycopersici Dictyota dichotoma Disc diffusion technique [65]
Dictyota implexa Disc diffusion technique [65]
Dictyota spiralis Disc diffusion technique [65]
Fusarium solani Botryocladia leptopoda Test tube in agar [96]
Caulerpa racemosa Test tube in agar [96]
Caulerpa taxifolia Test tube in agar [96]
Champia compressa Test tube in agar [96]
Codium indicum Test tube in agar [96]
Gracilaria corticata Test tube in agar [96]
Hypnea musciformis Test tube in agar [96]
Hypnea valentiae Test tube in agar [96]
Osmundea pinnatifida Test tube in agar [96]
Padina antillarum Test tube in agar [96]
Sarconema filiforme Test tube in agar [96]
Sargassum ilicifolium Test tube in agar [96]
Sargassum vulgare Test tube in agar [96,121]
Solieria robusta Test tube in agar/Field studies [71,74,96,121]
Spatoglossum asperum Disc diffusion assay [120]
Stoechospermum polypodioides Test tube in agar/Field studies [71,74,96]
Ulva lactuca Test tube in agar [96]
Fusarium sp. Anthophycus longifolius Well diffusion technique [51]
Ganoderma boninense Caulerpa lamourouxii Poisoned food technique [122]
Caulerpa racemosa Poisoned food technique [122]
Halimeda macrophysa Poisoned food technique [122]
Sargassum oligocystum Poisoned food technique [122]
Geotrichum sp. Dictyopteris polypodioides Agar diffusion technique [63]
Macrophomina phaseolina Calliblepharis floresii * Poisoned food technique [52]
Caulerpa racemosa Poisoned food technique [52]
Caulerpa taxifolia Poisoned food technique [52]
Centroceras sp. Poisoned food technique [52]
Ceramium sp. Poisoned food technique [52]
Chaetomorpha antennina Poisoned food technique [52]
Codium indicum Poisoned food technique [52]
Dictyota dicotoma Poisoned food technique [52]
Gelidium pulchrum Poisoned food technique [52]
Gracilaria corticata Poisoned food technique [52]
Halymenia porphyriformis Poisoned food technique [52]
Hypnea musciformis Poisoned food technique [52]
Jania pedunculata var. adhaerens Poisoned food technique [52]
Jolyna laminariodes Poisoned food technique [52]
Melanothamnus afaqhusainii Poisoned food technique [52]
Neoporphyra perforata Poisoned food technique [52]
Osmundea pinnatifida Poisoned food technique [52]
Padina tetrastromatica Poisoned food technique [52]
Macrophomina phaseolina Polycladia indica Poisoned food technique/Disc diffusion technique [52,109]
Sargassum aquifolium Poisoned food technique [52]
Sargassum ilicifolium Disc diffusion technique [109]
Sargassum tenerrimum Poisoned food technique [52]
Sargassum wightii Poisoned food technique [52]
Scinaia huismanii Poisoned food technique [52]
Spatoglossum asperum Disc diffusion assay [120]
Stoechospermum polypodioides Poisoned food technique [52]
Udotea sp. Poisoned food technique [52]
Ulva rigida Poisoned food technique [52]
Valaniopsis sp. * Poisoned food technique [52]
Mucor sp. Champia compressa Test tube in agar [96]
Hypnea musciformis Test tube in agar [96]
Sargassum boveanum Test tube in agar [96]
Sargassum ilicifolium Test tube in agar [96]
Ulva lactuca Test tube in agar [96]
Penicillium expansum Ulva lactuca Disc diffusion technique [58]
Penicillium sp. Dictyota dichotoma Disc diffusion technique [123]
Ulva lactuca Disc diffusion technique [123]
Penicillum digitatum Hormophysa cuneiformis Agar diffusion assay/Broth microdilution assay [56]
Phialophora cinerescens Dictyota dichotoma Disc diffusion technique [65]
Dictyota implexa Disc diffusion technique [65]
Dictyota spiralis Disc diffusion technique [65]
Phoma tracheiphila Dictyota dichotoma Disc diffusion technique [65]
Dictyota implexa Disc diffusion technique [65]
Dictyota spiralis Disc diffusion technique [65]
Pseudocercospora fijiensis Halymenia floresii Minimum inhibitory concentration [94]
Pyricularia oryzae Rhodomela confervoides Spore spreading method [95]
Symphyocladia latiuscula Spore spreading method [95]
Rhizoctonia solani Calliblepharis floresii Poisoned food technique [52]
Centroceras sp. Poisoned food technique [52]
Ceramium sp. Poisoned food technique [52]
Chaetomorpha antennina Poisoned food technique [52]
Codium indicum Poisoned food technique [52]
Dictyopteris undulata Fungitoxic activity [92]
Gelidium pulchrum Poisoned food technique [52]
Gracilaria corticata Poisoned food technique [52]
Halymenia porphyriformis Poisoned food technique [52]
Hypnea musciformis Poisoned food technique [52]
Jania pedunculata var. adhaerens Poisoned food technique [52]
Melanothamnus afaqhusainii Poisoned food technique [52]
Neoporphyra perforata Poisoned food technique [52]
Osmundea pinnatifida Poisoned food technique [52]
Padina tetrastromatica Poisoned food technique [52]
Polycladia indica Poisoned food technique [52]
Sargassum aquifolium Poisoned food technique [52,71,74]
Sargassum tenerrimum Poisoned food technique [52,71]
Rhizoctonia solani Sargassum wightii Poisoned food technique [52]
Spatoglossum asperum Disc diffusion assay/Field studies [73,120]
Stoechospermum polypodioides Poisoned food technique/Field studies [52,71,74]
Udotea sp. Poisoned food technique [52]
Ulva rigida Poisoned food technique [52]
Valaniopsis sp. * Poisoned food technique [52]
Dictyota dichotoma Disc diffusion technique/Spore germination [79]
Padina gymnospora Disc diffusion technique/Spore germination [79]
Sargassum muticum Disc diffusion technique/Spore germination [79]
Sargassum tenerrimum Disc diffusion technique/Spore germination [79]
Sargassum wightii Disc diffusion technique/Spore germination [79]
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Dictyopteris undulata Fungitoxic activity [92]
Sclerotium rolfsii Dictyopteris undulata Fungitoxic activity [92]
Verticillium dahliae Cystoseira humilis var. myriophylloides Poisoned food technique [93]
Dictyopteris polypodioides Agar diffusion technique [63]
Fucus spiralis Poisoned food technique [93]