Bio-fungicidal activity of Aloe vera sap against mycotoxigenic seed-borne fungi

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1352-1359

  Ei Samawaty, AbdEl Rahim M A ^a,b   Yassin, Mohamed A ^a,b   Bahkali, Ali ^a   Moslem, Mohamed ^a   Abd Elslam, Kamel A ^a,b,c  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Agricultural Research Center   (Egypt)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Anthraquinones; Fungi; GC MS analysis; Leaves sap; Mycotoxins

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; BIOPESTICIDE; FUNGICIDE; FUNGUS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INHIBITION; LEAF; MAIZE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONOCOTYLEDON; TOXIN;

ALOE VERA; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; FUNGI; FUSARIUM PROLIFERATUM; FUSARIUM SUBGLUTINANS; GIBBERELLA FUJIKUROI; GIBBERELLA MONILIFORMIS; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM OXALICUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79959614851     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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