Antifungal Potency of Some Essential Oils in Control of Postharvest Decay of Strawberry Caused by Botrytis cinerea, Rhizopus stolonifer and Aspergillus niger

Journal of Essential Oil-Bearing Plants

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 553-562

  hadian, Javad ^a   Ghasemnezhad, Mahmood ^b   Ranjbar, Hamid ^b   Frazane, Mohsan ^c   Ghorbanpour, Mansoor ^c  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUILAN   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Cuminum cyminum; Essential oil; Foeniculum vulgare; Lavandula angustifolia; Mentha piperita; Postharvest; Strawberry

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; CUMINUM CYMINUM; FOENICULUM VULGARE; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; FUNGI; LAVANDULA; LAVANDULA ANGUSTIFOLIA; MENTHA X PIPERITA; RHIZOPUS; RHIZOPUS STOLONIFER;

EID: 72049102735     PISSN: 0972060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0972060X.2008.10643666     Document Type: Article

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