Antifungal activity of volatile components extracted from leaves, stems and flowers of four plants growing in Tunisia

Phytopathologia Mediterranea

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 307-312

  Boughalleb, Naima ^a   Débbabi, Nouri ^b   Jannet, Hichem Ben ^b   Mighri, Zine ^b   Mahjoub, Mohamed El ^a  

^a Ecole Superieure d'Horticulture et d'Elevage de Chott Mariem   (Tunisia)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial components; Malvaceae; Verbenaceae

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA SOLANI; BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; FUNGI; FUSARIUM SOLANI; HAEMATONECTRIA IPOMOEAE; HIBISCUS; HIBISCUS ROSA-SINENSIS; HYPHOMYCETES; LANTANA; LANTANA CAMARA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MALVACEAE; MALVAVISCUS ARBOREUS; PYTHIUM; PYTHIUM ULTIMUM; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS; VERBENACEAE; VERTICILLIUM DAHLIAE;

EID: 67650811164     PISSN: 00319465     EISSN: 15932095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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