Chemical composition and anti-fungal activities of three essential oils from Satureja spp. on four post-harvest pathogens of strawberry fruit

Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 371-376

  Nabigol, A ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

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Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; FUNGI; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM; RHIZOPUS; RHIZOPUS STOLONIFER; SATUREJA; SATUREJA HORTENSIS; SATUREJA KHUZISTANICA; SATUREJA SPICIGERA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 79960498846     PISSN: 14620316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14620316.2011.11512776     Document Type: Article

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