Effect of cinnamon oil on incidence of anthracnose disease and postharvest quality of bananas during storage

International Journal of Agriculture and Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 516-520

  Maqbool, Mehdi ^a   Ali, Asgar ^a   Alderson, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Anthracnose; Banana; Cinnamon oil; Disease incidence; Postharvest quality

Indexed keywords

CINNAMOMUM VERUM; COLLETOTRICHUM; COLLETOTRICHUM MUSAE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 77956850894     PISSN: 15608530     EISSN: 18149596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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