Antifungal activity of some Moroccan plants against Geotrichum candidum, the causal agent of postharvest citrus sour rot

Crop Protection

Volumn 35, Issue , 2012, Pages 41-46

  Talibi, I ^a   Askarne, L ^a   Boubaker, H ^a   Boudyach, E H ^a   Msanda, F ^a   Saadi, B ^a   Ait Ben Aoumar, A ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Citrus fruit; Geotrichum candidum; Plant extracts; Sour rot

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; FRUIT; FUNGAL DISEASE; GROWTH RATE; INHIBITION; PLANT EXTRACT;

MOROCCO;

ASTERISCUS PINIFOLIA; CERATONIA SILIQUA; CISTUS; CISTUS INCANUS INCANUS; CISTUS MONSPELIENSIS; CITRUS; DITTRICHIA VISCOSA; GALACTOMYCES GEOTRICHUM; HALIMIUM; HALIMIUM UMBELLATUM; HAMMADA SCOPARIA; INULA; PISTACIA; PISTACIA ATLANTICA; RUBUS; RUBUS ULMIFOLIUS; SCOPARIA;

EID: 84856383164     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2011.12.016     Document Type: Article

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