Essential oils as control agents of postaharvest alternaria and Penicillium rots on tomato fruits

Journal of Food Safety

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 341-352

  Abdolahi, Ali ^a   Hassani, Abbas ^a   Ghosta, Youbert ^b   Javadi, Taimoor ^c   Meshkatalsadat, Mohammad Hadi ^d  

^a Department of Horticulture Faculty of Agriculture ^*  (Iran)

^b URMIA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KURDISTAN   (Iran)

^d LORESTAN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; CARUM CARVI; FOENICULUM VULGARE; FUNGI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MAMMALIA; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM; TRACHYSPERMUM COPTICUM;

EID: 77953113924     PISSN: 01496085     EISSN: 17454565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4565.2009.00211.x     Document Type: Article

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