Fungistatic activity of Ruta graveolens extract and its allelochemicals

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 519-526

  Oliva, A ^a   Lahoz, E ^b   Contillo, R ^b   Aliotta, G ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b Istituto Sperimentale per il Tobacco   (Italy)

Author keywords

4 hydroxycoumarin; 5 Methoxypsoralen; 8 methoxypsoralen; Fungistatic activity; Fusarium solani; Penicillium sp.; Pyrenochaeta lycopersici; Ruta graveolens rue; Thielaviopsis basicola; Trichoderma viride; Verticillium dahliae

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYCOUMARIN; BERGAPTEN; HERBICIDE; MEDICINAL PLANT; METHOXSALEN; RUTA GRAVEOLENS EXTRACT;

ALLELOCHEMICAL; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; GROWTH REGULATOR;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; FUNGUS GROWTH; GROWTH INHIBITION; HEALTH HAZARD; MYCELIUM; MYCOSIS;

FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM SOLANI; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM SP.; PYRENOCHAETA; PYRENOCHAETA LYCOPERSICI; RUTA; RUTA GRAVEOLENS; THIELAVIOPSIS BASICOLA; TRICHODERMA VIRIDE; VERTICILLIUM DAHLIAE;

EID: 0032997911     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020949703205     Document Type: Article

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