Evaluation of Lippia scaberrima essential oil and some pure terpenoid constituents as postharvest mycobiocides for avocado fruit

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 176-182

  Regnier, Thierry ^a   Combrinck, Sandra ^a   Plooy, Wilma du ^a   Botha, Ben ^a  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Alternaria; Anthracnose; Avocado; Colletotrichum; Essential oil; Lippia; Spearmint; Stem end rot

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954817134     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2010.03.010     Document Type: Article

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