Fungal pathogens associated with banana fruit in Sri Lanka, and their treatment with essential oils

Mycopathologia

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 91-97

  Anthony, Sulali ^a   Abeywickrama, Krishanthi ^a   Dayananda, Ranjith ^b   Wijeratnam, Shanthi Wilson ^b   Arambewela, Luxshmi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Banana; Essential oils; Fungal pathogens

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; BANANA; BASIL; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; COLLETOTRICHUM; CYMBOPOGON; FUSARIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; SRI LANKA;

COLLETOTRICHUM; CYMBOPOGON; FUSARIUM; MUSA; OCIMUM BASILICUM; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT OILS; SRI LANKA;

BASILICUM; BOTRYOSPHAERIA RHODINA; COLLETOTRICHUM; COLLETOTRICHUM MUSAE; CYMBOPOGON; CYMBOPOGON NARDUS; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM PROLIFERATUM; NARDUS; OCIMUM; OCIMUM BASILICUM;

EID: 1242333071     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MYCO.0000012226.95628.99     Document Type: Article

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