توليد سم زيستي ضد ‌سودوموناس سيرينگه و اروينيا آميلوورا با استفاده از عصاره‌هاي گياهي كپسوله‌شده درون نانوذرات سيليس متخلخل

Organic toxin production against Pseudomonas syringae an‎d Erwinia amylovora using plant extracts encapsulated in mesoporous silica nanoparticles

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Todays, across the world, the excessive use of chemical pesticides has led to significant environmental difficulties. Therefore, it is crucial to adopt an inexpensive, sustainable, an‎d biocompatible alternative. Natural pesticides have these characteristics, including low cost, availability, biodegradability, an‎d reduced toxicity to living organisms, making them useful alternatives. This study aimed to develop a nano system using mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) loaded with Zimus Pesticide (ZP) derived from Myrtus communis, Thymus vulgaris, an‎d Curcuma longa, an‎d coated with natural biopolymers Gum Tragacanth (GT) an‎d sodium alginate (SA). Analysis of the extract by HPLC confirmed the presence of phenolic compounds, as the phenol peaks extracted from the extract matched those of the stan‎dard compound. The prepared systems were used to compare antibacterial an‎d antibiofilm effects on Erwinia amylovora an‎d Pseudomonas syringae. The antibacterial activity was measured in CFU/mL for seven days an‎d also by disk diffusion. The MSNs were synthesized an‎d characterized by XRD, SEM, an‎d HR-TEM, exhibiting average pore diameter of 5 nm, the mean particle size is about 40 nm with an amorphous structure. Loading an‎d coating confirmed by TG, TEM an‎d FTIR analysis. ZP was effectively loaded into the MSNs with a loading efficiency of ~25 %, according to TG. TEM images confirmed that a homogeneous coating layer uniformly covered all observed particles. FTIR spectra indicating the successful loading of the extract onto the MSNs an‎d coating of the systems with SA an‎d GT. The GT-MSNs-ZP system showed the highest antibacterial on the seventh day with an inhibitory effect of 42% an‎d 40% an‎d antibiofilm effects with an inhibitory percentage of 49% an‎d 45% at concentrations of 300 an‎d 350 µg/ml, against E. amylovora an‎d P. syringae. GT-MSNs-ZP system released about 56 % of the phenolic compounds over 168 h. Overall, GT is a suitable biopolymer can‎didate for use as the wall material in the formation of encapsulation products, especially plant extracts. These results emphasize the potential of GT-MSNs-ZP as a sustainable an‎d effective biocontrol solution for agricultural applications.

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