Essential oil vapours control some common postharvest fungal pathogens

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 103-109

  Szczerbanik, M ^a,b   Jobling, J ^c   Morris, S ^a   Holford, P ^b  

^a Sydney Laboratory   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ESSENTIAL OIL; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGICIDE; FUNGUS; PATHOGEN;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; CINNAMOMUM VERUM; CLADOSPORIUM; COLLETOTRICHUM; COLLETOTRICHUM SP.; FUNGI; FUSARIUM SOLANI; GALACTOMYCES GEOTRICHUM; MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA; MENTHA SPICATA; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM; RHIZOPUS ORYZAE;

EID: 33845947276     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA05236     Document Type: Article

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