Berberine as a natural compound inhibits the development of brown rot fungus Monilinia fructicola

Crop Protection

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 979-984

  Hou, Dong yao ^a   Yan, Chun qi ^a   Liu, Hai xi ^a   Ge, Xi zhen ^b   Xu, Wei jian ^a   Tian, Ping fang ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNION UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Berberine; Inhibition; Monilinia fructicola; Peach brown rot

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DICOTYLEDON; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD SAFETY; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGICIDE; PATHOGENICITY;

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA SOLANI; ASCOMYCOTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; COPTIS; COPTIS CHINENSIS; FUNGI; MONILINIA FRUCTICOLA; PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 77955096963     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2010.05.015     Document Type: Article

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