Antifungal activity of Nettle (Urtica dioica L.), Colocynth (Citrullus colocynthis L. Schrad), Oleander (Nerium oleander L.) and Konar (Ziziphus spina-christi L.) extracts on plants pathogenic fungi

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 58-63

  Hadizadeh, I ^a   Peivastegan, B ^b   Kolahi, M ^a  

^a SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Alternaria alternate; Ethanol extract; Fusarium oxysporum; Fusarium solani; Rizoctonia solani

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ALTERNARIA; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGUS; FUSARIUM; JUJUBE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NERIUM; PLANT DISEASE; URTICA DIOICA; WATERMELON;

ALTERNARIA; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CITRULLUS; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NERIUM; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT EXTRACTS; URTICA DIOICA; ZIZIPHUS;

ALTERNARIA; CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS; FUNGI; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; FUSARIUM SOLANI; NERIUM; NERIUM OLEANDER; URTICA; URTICA DIOICA; ZIZIPHUS; ZIZIPHUS SPINA-CHRISTI;

EID: 60549083532     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2009.58.63     Document Type: Article

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