Control of Penicillium expansum and Botrytis cinerea on pear with Thymus kotschyanus, Ocimum basilicum and Rosmarinus officinalis essential oils

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 626-634

  Marandi, Rasul Jalili ^a   Hassani, Abbas ^a   Ghosta, Youbert ^a   Abdollahi, Ali ^b   Pirzad, Alireza ^a   Sefidkon, Fatemeh ^c  

^a URMIA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SISTAN AND BALUCHESTAN   (Iran)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTS AND RANGELANDS   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antifungal; Essential oil; Ocimum basilicum; Pear; Rosmarinus officinalis; Thymus kotschyanus

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BASIL; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; FOOD QUALITY; FUNGAL PLANT DISEASE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GROWTH INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; ORGANOLEPTIC PROPERTY; PEAR; PENICILLIUM EXPANSUM; PEST CONTROL; ROSEMARY; THYME; THYMUS KOTSCHYANUS;

BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; FUNGI; OCIMUM BASILICUM; PENICILLIUM EXPANSUM; PYRUS; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS; THYMUS KOTSCHYANUS;

EID: 79953708193     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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