Thymol and carvacrol: Biotransformation and antifungal activity against the plant pathogenic fungi Colletotrichum acutatum and Botryodiplodia theobromae;Timol y carvacrol: Biotransformación y actividad antifúngica contra los hongos fitopatogénicos Colletotrichum acutatum y Botryodiplodia theobromae

Tropical Plant Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-13

  Numpaque, Manuel A ^a   Oviedo, Luis A ^a   Gil, Jesús H ^a   García, Carlos M ^a   Durango, Diego L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Alternative control; Arylpropanoids; Fungal detoxification; Metabolic pathways; Thymoquinone

Indexed keywords

BOTRYODIPLODIA THEOBROMAE; COLLETOTRICHUM; FUNGI; GLOMERELLA ACUTATA;

EID: 79957537506     PISSN: 19825676     EISSN: 19832052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1982-56762011000100001     Document Type: Article

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