Efficacy of essential oils on the conidial germination, growth of colletotrichum gloeosporioides (penz.) penz. and sacc and control of postharvest diseases in papaya (carica papaya l.)

Plant Pathology Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 174-178

  Barrera Necha, Laura Leticia ^a   Bautista Baños, Silvia ^a   Flores Moctezuma, Hilda Elizabeth ^a   Estudillo, Abel Rojas ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Carica papaya; Mycelial growth; Natural control; Percentage infection

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM SATIVUM; CARICA PAPAYA; CHENOPODIUM AMBROSIOIDES AMBROSIOIDES; CINNAMOMUM VERUM; CITRUS AURANTIIFOLIA; COLLETOTRICHUM; GLOMERELLA CINGULATA; MENTHA X PIPERITA; RUTA CHALEPENSIS; RUTACEAE; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM;

EID: 66849129552     PISSN: 18125387     EISSN: 18125425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ppj.2008.174.178     Document Type: Article

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