Inhibitory effect of some medicinal plants' essential oils on postharvest fungal disease of citrus fruits

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 768, Issue , 2008, Pages 279-286

  Azizi, M ^a   Farzad, S ^a   Jafarpour, B ^a   Rastegar, M F ^a   Jahanbakhsh, V ^b  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Biocontrol; Essential oils; Medicinal plants; Postharvest disease

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA CITRI; CITRUS; CUMINUM CYMINUM; FUNGI; MENTHA X PIPERITA; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM; PENICILLIUM ITALICUM; SATUREJA HORTENSIS; THYMUS VULGARIS; TRACHYSPERMUM COPTICUM;

EID: 56349124862     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2008.768.35     Document Type: Conference Paper

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