Chemical composition and antifungal activity of volatiles from three Opuntia species growing in Tunisia

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 2485-2489

  Bergaoui, Afifa ^a   Boughalleb, Naima ^b   Jannet, Hichem Ben ^a   Harzallah Shiric, F ^c   El Mahjoub, Mohamed ^b   Mighri, Zine ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^b Ecole Superieure d'Horticulture et d'Elevage de Chott Mariem   (Tunisia)

^c Laboratoire de Biologie Végétale et Botanique   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Chemical composition; Opuntia; Volatile extracts

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA SOLANI; BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM SOLANI; HYPHOMYCETES; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA ENGELMANNII LINDHEIMERI; OPUNTIA MACRORHIZA; OPUNTIA MICRODASYS; PYTHIUM; PYTHIUM ULTIMUM; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS;

EID: 34547196788     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2007.2485.2489     Document Type: Article

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