The present invention provides a synergistic composition of a nematicide comprising of a nematicidal peptide, and chalcones, wherein the nematicidal peptide is derived from CED-4 protein sequence is either, Peptide 2, or Peptide 3, or Peptide 12; and chalcones are either chalcone 17, chalcone 25, or chalcone 30. The nematicidal peptides alone show 100% nematicidal activity at a concentration of 1 mg/ml, whereas, when combined with chalcones, 100% nematicidal activity is seen at concentration as low as 0.8 mg/ml bringing a synergistic effect. Another embodiment of the invention provides a method for preparing working solutions of chalcones in aqueous solvents such as water by diluting the stock solution of chalcones, prepared in dimethyl sulfoxide, serially in ethanol and water. The final concentration of chalcone is around 10−4-10−5 M in the nematicidal composition. This synergistic nematicidal composition is environmentally safe and non-toxic to humans and animals.
本发明提供了一种由杀线虫肽和
查尔酮组成的杀线虫剂协同组合物,其中杀线虫肽来源于 CED-4 蛋白序列,即肽 2、肽 3 或肽 12;
查尔酮为
查尔酮 17、
查尔酮 25 或
查尔酮 30。单独的杀线虫肽在浓度为 1 毫克/毫升时显示出 100%的杀线虫活性,而当与
查尔酮结合使用时,在低至 0.8 毫克/毫升的浓度下就能显示出 100%的杀线虫活性,从而产生协同效应。本发明的另一个实施方案提供了一种在
水性溶剂(如
水中)中制备
查耳酮工作溶液的方法,该方法是将在
二甲亚砜中制备的
查耳酮储备溶液在
乙醇和
水中依次稀释。杀线虫成分中
查尔酮的最终浓度约为 10-4-10-5 M。这种协同杀线虫组合物对环境安全,对人类和动物无毒。