The invention discloses application of
luteolin to prevention and treatment of
areca leaf spot disease, and belongs to the technical field of biological prevention and treatment. By adding
luteolin into the culture medium, the growth rate of
phomopsis is remarkably reduced. The
areca seeds are pretreated by
luteolin solution and then inoculated with pathogenic fungi, compared with unpretreated plants, germs show lower
pathogenicity, effective prevention and treatment of
plant pathogenic fungal diseases are achieved, meanwhile, the effects of environmental
pollution and harm to human bodies are reduced, and compared with traditional chemical pesticides, the
areca seeds have the advantages that the cost is low, and the effect is obvious. And the
toxicity to a
human body and the environment is lower. Experiments show that when the final concentration of luteolin reaches 50 [mu] g / mL, the growth rate of
phomopsis is significantly reduced; and when the concentration of the luteolin reaches 0.2 mu g / mL, the
pathogenicity of
phomopsis can be obviously reduced. The invention provides a novel biological prevention and control method for preventing and controlling the
leaf spot disease of the areca seeds.