Native Kenyan plants as possible alternatives to methyl bromide in soil fumigation

Phytomedicine

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 576-583

  Rugutt, J K ^a   Ngigi, A N ^b   Rugutt, K J ^c   Ndalut, P K ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS   (United States)

^b MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crude extracts; Molecular descriptors; Muzigadial; Muzigadiolide; Native Kenyan plants; QSAR; Soil pathogens

Indexed keywords

AZADIRACHTA INDICA EXTRACT; AZADIRACHTIN; BIOCIDE; METHYL BROMIDE; MUZIGADIAL; MUZIGADIOLIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYGODIAL; TAGETES MINUTA EXTRACT; UGANDENSIDIAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URTICA MASSAICA EXTRACT; WARBURGANAL; WARBURGIA UGANDENSIS EXTRACT;

ALTERNARIA; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPOLE; ENERGY; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; GREENHOUSE; KENYA; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SOIL FUMIGATION; TAGETES MINUTA; URTICA MASSAICA; WARBURGIA UGANDENSIS;

ALTERNARIA; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUMIGATION; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; FUSARIUM; KENYA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SESQUITERPENES;

ALTERNARIA; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; TAGETES MINUTA; URTICA; WARBURGIA UGANDENSIS;

EID: 33747085455     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2003.08.005     Document Type: Article

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