Effect of rooibos and honeybush tea extracts against Botrytis cinerea

South African Journal of Enology and Viticulture

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-38

  Coetzee, G ^a   Marx, I J ^a   Pengilly, M ^a   Bushula, V S ^a   Joubert, E ^b   Bloom, M ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b ARC INFRUITEC NIETVOORBIJ   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aspalathus linearis; Botrytis cinerea; Cyclopia spp.; Honeybush; Rooibos; Tea extracts

Indexed keywords

ASPALATHUS; ASPALATHUS LINEARIS; BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; CYCLOPIA GENISTOIDES;

EID: 53449094227     PISSN: 0253939X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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