Antifungal activity of several medicinal plants extracts against the early blight pathogen (Alternaria solani)

Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection

Volumn 43, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 1745-1757

  Goussous, Saba J ^a   Abu el Samen, Firas M ^a   Tahhan, Ragheb A ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Crude extract; Hibiscus sabdariffa; Majorana syriaca; Rosmarinus officinalis; Salvia fructicosa; Santolina chamaecyparissus; Tomato

Indexed keywords

ALTERNARIA; ALTERNARIA SOLANI; FUNGI; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HIBISCUS; HIBISCUS SABDARIFFA; LAVANDULA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MAJORANA; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS; SALVIA; SALVIA FRUTICOSA; SANTOLINA CHAMAECYPARISSUS;

EID: 78649658073     PISSN: 03235408     EISSN: 14772906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03235401003633832     Document Type: Article

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