ArticlePlanta2010
Mint essential oil can induce or inhibit potato sprouting by differential alteration of apical meristem.
Article in Planta, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
24 citing papers in PubMed, 81 citations in OpenAlex.
- Development of 3-decen-2-one/HP-β-CD Inclusion Complex with Enhanced Stability and Its Application for Potato Postharvest Preservation.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Physiological and molecular mechanisms associated with potato tuber dormancy.Journal of experimental botany · 2024Review
- Apple fruit as a biological suppressant for potato tuber sprouting during ambient storage.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Harnessing Plant's Arsenal: Essential Oils as Promising Tools for Sustainable Management of Potato Late Blight Disease Caused byMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Peppermint essential oil volatiles as natural alternative to prevent potato sprouting induced by gibberellic acid.Journal of food science and technology · 2023Article
- Unraveling the mechanism of potato (Frontiers in plant science · 2023Article
- Effects of Essential Oil Fumigation on Potato Sprouting at Room-Temperature Storage.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Evaluation of Essential Oils as Sprout Suppressants for Potato (Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Preparation and Characterization of Methyl Jasmonate Microcapsules and Their Preserving Effects on Postharvest Potato Tuber.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Effects of essential oils on potato tuber sprouting at room temperature storage in Ethiopia.Heliyon · 2022Article
- Integrated Analysis of Transcriptome and Metabolome Reveals the Mechanism of Chlorine Dioxide Repressed Potato (Frontiers in plant science · 2022Article
- Evaluating Ecologically Acceptable Sprout Suppressants for Enhancing Dormancy and Potato Storability: A Review.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Comparative Morphology, Transcription, and Proteomics Study Revealing the Key Molecular Mechanism of Camphor on the Potato Tuber Sprouting Effect.International journal of molecular sciences · 2017Article
- Assuring Potato Tuber Quality during Storage: A Future Perspective.Frontiers in plant science · 2017Review
- Cellular and Molecular Changes Associated with Onion Skin Formation Suggest Involvement of Programmed Cell Death.Frontiers in plant science · 2016Article
- Sprout suppression on potato: need to look beyond CIPC for more effective and safer alternatives.Journal of food science and technology · 2016Review
- Cereal cystatins delay sprouting and nutrient loss in tubers of potato, Solanum tuberosum.BMC plant biology · 2015Article
- Storage temperature controls the timing of garlic bulb formation via shoot apical meristem termination.Planta · 2015Article
- Regulation of potato tuber sprouting.Planta · 2014Review
- Identification of differentially expressed genes in potato associated with tuber dormancy release.Molecular biology reports · 2012Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Sprouting of potatoes during storage, due to tuber dormancy release, is associated with weight loss and softening. Sprout-preventing chemicals, such as chlorpropham (CIPC), can negatively impact the environment and human health. Monthly thermal fogging with mint (Mentha spicata L.) essential oil (MEO) inhibited sprouting in eight potato cultivars during large-volume 6-month storage: the tubers remained firm with 38% lower weight loss after 140 days of storage. The sprout-inhibitory action may be nullified: treated tubers washed with water resumed sprouting within days, with reduced apical dominance. MEO application caused local necrosis of the bud meristem, and a few weeks later, axillary bud (AX) growth was induced in the same sprouting eye. MEO components analysis showed that 73% of its content is the monoterpene R-carvone. Tubers treated with synthetic R-carvone in equivalent dose, 4.5 microl l(-1), showed an inhibitory effect similar to that of MEO. Surprisingly, 0.5 microl l(-1) of MEO or synthetic R-carvone catalyzed AX sprouting in the tuber. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of an essential oil vapor inducing early sprouting of potato tubers. R-carvone caused visible damage to the meristem membrane at sprout-inhibiting, but not sprout-inducing doses, suggesting different underlying mechanisms. After 5 days' exposure to R-carvone, its derivatives transcarveol and neo-dihydrocarveol were found in buds of tubers treated with the inhibitory dose, suggesting biodegradation. These experiments demonstrate the potential of MEO vapor as an environmentally friendly alternative to CIPC in stored potatoes and as a research tool for the control of sprouting in plants.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.