Antifungal effect of Cymbopogon citratus, Eucalyptus camaldulensis and Azadirachta indica oil extracts on sorghum seed-borne fungi

Asian Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1182-1189

  Somda, Irénée ^a,b   Leth, V ^a   Sereme P ^c  

^a Former Danish Government Institute of Seed Pathology   (Denmark)

^b Polytechnic University of Bobo Dioulasso   (Burkina Faso)

^c INSTITUT DE L ENVIRONNEMENT ET DE RECHERCHES AGRICOLES INERA   (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Crude oil; Essential oils; Seed transmission; Seed treatment; Seed borne fungi; Sorghum

Indexed keywords

AZADIRACHTA INDICA; COLLETOTRICHUM; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; FUNGI; GIBBERELLA FUJIKUROI; GLOMERELLA GRAMINICOLA; PHOMA SORGHINA;

EID: 36849037566     PISSN: 16823974     EISSN: 18125697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ajps.2007.1182.1189     Document Type: Article

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