Impact of Argemone mexicana L. on tomato plants infected with Phytophthora infestans

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Plant Biology

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Introduction

Materials & Methods

Plant material

Obtaining the plant extract

Chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis (GC-MS)

Crop development and management

Preparation of the inoculation and evaluation of the severity of the disease

Application of treatments

Agronomic analysis

Sampling of leaves and fruits

Photosynthetic pigment measurements

Stress biomarkers test

Non-enzymatic antioxidant compounds measurement

Statistical analysis

Results

Chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis (GC-MS)

P. infestans severity and crop development

Photosynthetic pigment content in leaves

Stress biomarkers in tomato leaves

Non-enzymatic antioxidant compounds

Discussion

Chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis (GC-MS)

P. infestans severity and crop development

Photosynthetic pigments content in leaves

Stress biomarkers in tomato leaves

Non-enzymatic antioxidant compounds

Conclusions

Supplemental Information

Additional Information and Declarations

Competing Interests

The authors declare there are no competing interests.

Author Contributions

Iridiam Hernández-Soto performed the experiments, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Yolanda González-García analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Antonio Juárez-Maldonado analyzed the data, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Alma Delia Hernández-Fuentes conceived and designed the experiments, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.

Data Availability

The following information was supplied regarding data availability:

The raw measurements are available in the Supplemental File.

Funding

This work was supported by the Consejo Nacional de Humanidades, Ciencias y Tecnologías (Conhacyt) by a scholarship (715170) awarded to Iridiam Hernández-Soto. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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