Antifungal activity of Datura stramonium, Calotropis gigantea and Azadirachta indica against Fusarium mangiferae and floral malformation in mango

European Journal of Plant Pathology

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 637-657

  Usha, K ^a   Singh, B ^a   Praseetha, P ^a   Deepa, N ^a   Agarwal, D K ^a   Agarwal, R ^a   Nagaraja, A ^a  

^a INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Benzyl adenine; Calotropis; Datura; Floral malformation; Fusarium mangiferae; Mango; Neem; Paclobutrazol

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CULTIVAR; DICOTYLEDON; FLORAL TRAIT; FUNGAL DISEASE;

AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CALOTROPIS; CALOTROPIS GIGANTEA; DATURA; DATURA STRAMONIUM; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM MANGIFERAE;

EID: 71349084162     PISSN: 09291873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10658-009-9450-2     Document Type: Article

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