Thyme oil to control Alternaria alternata in vitro and in vivo as fumigant and contact treatments

Food Control

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 78-81

  Feng, Wu ^a,b   Chen, Jiaping ^a   Zheng, Xiaodong ^b   Liu, Qing ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM VAR. CERASIFORME; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 78649320150     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2010.05.010     Document Type: Article

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