Control of Penicillium digitatum on citrus fruit using two plant extracts and study of their mode of action

Phytoparasitica

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 264-276

  Mekbib, Sissay B ^a,b   Regnier, Thierry J C ^a   Korsten, Lise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Citrus fruit; Host resistance; Natural compounds; Plant phenolics; Postharvest diseases

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ACACIA SEYAL; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITRUS; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

EID: 34250327179     PISSN: 03342123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02981160     Document Type: Article

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