Activity of extracts from wild edible herbs against postharvest fungal diseases of fruit and vegetables

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 72-82

  Gatto, Maria Antonia ^a,b   Ippolito, Antonio ^b   Linsalata, Vito ^a   Cascarano, Nicholas A ^a   Nigro, Franco ^b   Vanadia, Sebastiano ^a   Di Venere, Donato ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES OF FOOD PRODUCTION   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antimicrobials; Conidia germination; Germ tube elongation; Phenols; Postharvest rot; Storage

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS CARBONARIUS; BORAGO; BORAGO OFFICINALIS; BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; BOTRYTIS; FUNGI; MONILINIA LAXA; OROBANCHE; OROBANCHE CRENATA; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO CORONOPUS; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA; PRUNUS ARMENIACA; PRUNUS PERSICA NUCIPERSICA; SANGUISORBA; SANGUISORBA MINOR; SILENE; SILENE VULGARIS; SONCHUS; SONCHUS ASPER; SONCHUS OLERACEUS; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE; VITACEAE;

EID: 79955086617     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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