Hydroxylated Cinnamates Enhance Tomato Resilience to , the Causal Agent of Early Blight Disease, and Stimulate Growth and Yield Traits.

The important vegetable crop, tomato, is challenged with numerous abiotic and biotic stressors, particularly the newly emerged fungicide-resistant strains of phytopathogenic fungi such as , the causal agent of early blight disease. The current study investigated the potential antifungal activity of four cinnamate derivatives including cinnamic acid, -coumaric acid, caffeic acid, and ferulic acid against . Our in vitro findings showed that all tested compounds exhibited dose-dependent fungistatic action against when their concentrations were increased from 0.

Benzimidazole Derivatives Suppress Fusarium Wilt Disease via Interaction with of and Activation of the Antioxidant Defense System of Pepper Plants.

Sweet pepper ( L.), also known as bell pepper, is one of the most widely grown vegetable crops worldwide. It is attacked by numerous phytopathogenic fungi, such as , the causal agent of Fusarium wilt disease.

Benzoic Acid and Its Hydroxylated Derivatives Suppress Early Blight of Tomato () via the Induction of Salicylic Acid Biosynthesis and Enzymatic and Nonenzymatic Antioxidant Defense Machinery.

Tomato early blight, caused by , is a destructive foliar fungal disease. Herein, the potential defensive roles of benzoic acid (BA) and two of its hydroxylated derivatives, -hydroxybenzoic acid (HBA), and protocatechuic acid (PCA) against were investigated. All tested compounds showed strong dose-dependent fungistatic activity against and significantly reduced the disease development.