Volatile Metabolites from and Nematicidal Esters Inhibit .

is broadly distributed in terrestrial and aquatic environments and has various biological activities. In this study, we found that exhibited nematicidal activity against the plant root-knot nematode, . A total of 42 volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from were identified using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The nematicidal activity of the 10 main VOCs was tested against . Butyl butanoate (4 µL) caused the mortality of 80.13% of after 4 h. The nematicidal activity of an additional 38 butyl-butyrate-like volatile esters was also investigated. Of these, seven had strong nematicidal activity against , five of which showed egg-hatching inhibitory activity. This study is the first to report that butyl butanoate, ethyl 2-methylbutanoate, ethyl 4-methylpentanoate, ethyl pent-4-enoate, and methyl undecanoate have nematicidal activity against . The results indicated that could serve as a candidate microorganism for the biocontrol of plant root-knot nematodes, showing that volatile esters have great potential as nematicides.