The invention relates to application of ambrosia artemisiifolia
essential oil as a
verticillium dahliae bactericide. Growth of
verticillium dahliae is inhibited by a method of enabling the
verticillium dahlia to be in contact with the ambrosia artemisiifolia
essential oil and fumigating the verticillium
dahlia with the ambrosia artemisiifolia
essential oil. Results show that the ambrosia artemisiifolia essential oil has a significant effect on mycelial growth of the
verticillium dahliae at a low concentration of 0.5 mu l / ml, and the
growth inhibition effect is improved gradually with the increase of the concentration; when the concentration is continuously increased to be 5 mu l / ml, the mycelia of inoculated stems all lose the activity of continuous expansion, and the growth of the myceliais completely inhibited; in a
fumigation experiment, the ambrosia artemisiifolia essential oil with the concentration of 0.2 mu l / ml fumigates the stems of the verticillium
dahlia, and the mycelia ofthe stems are significantly inhibited; and when the concentration reaches 1.2 mu l / ml, the mycelia are killed completely to lose activity. The growth of the
verticillium dahliae is inhibited by the ambrosia artemisiifolia essential oil provided by the invention, the ambrosia artemisiifolia essential oil is derived from plants, can be decomposed in nature, is
environmentally friendly and does notpollute the environment, and meanwhile, waste harmful plants are utilized.