Antimicrobial activity of extracts from leaves, stems and flowers of Euphorbia macroclada against plant pathogenic fungi

Phytopathologia Mediterranea

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 245-250

  Al Mughrabi, Khalil I ^a  

^a AL BALQA APPLIED UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Antimicrobial compounds; Euphorbiaceae

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA SOLANI; CLADOSPORIUM; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; FUNGI; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; HYPHOMYCETES; MUCOR; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM ITALICUM; PYTHIUM; RHIZOPUS; RHIZOPUS STOLONIFER; STEMPHYLIUM SOLANI; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS; VERTICILLIUM DAHLIAE;

EID: 32044474332     PISSN: 00319465     EISSN: 15932095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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