In vitro control of post-harvest fruit rot fungi by some plant essential oil components

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 2290-2300

  Camele, Ippolito ^a   Altieri, Luciana ^a   de Martino, Laura ^b   de Feo, Vincenzo ^b   Mancini, Emilia ^b   Rana, Gian Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fungitoxic activity; Monoterpenes; Plant essential oils; Post harvest diseases

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BETA FELLANDRENE; BETA PINENE; CAMPHENE; CARVACROL; CITRAL; ESSENTIAL OIL; ORTHO CYMENE; TERPENOID; TERPINENE; THYMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BETA-PINENE; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS; GAMMA-TERPINENE; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; TERPENES;

ARTICLE; BOTRYTIS CINEREA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; GROWTH INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROBIAL PEST CONTROL; NONHUMAN; OREGANO; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM EXPANSUM; PENICILLIUM ITALICUM; PHYTOPHTHORA; PHYTOPHTHORA CITROPHTHORA; POSTHARVEST DECAY; RHIZOPUS; RHIZOPUS STOLONIFER; SPECIES COMPARISON; THYME; VERBENA OFFICINALIS; VERBENACEAE; BOTRYTIS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; FRUIT; FUNGI; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASES;

BOTRYOTINIA FUCKELIANA; FUNGI; ORIGANUM VULGARE; PENICILLIUM ITALICUM; PHYTOPHTHORA CITROPHTHORA; RHIZOPUS STOLONIFER; STRAMENOPILES; THYMUS VULGARIS; VERBENA OFFICINALIS;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS; BOTRYTIS; FRUIT; FUNGI; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MONOTERPENES; OILS, VOLATILE; PENICILLIUM; PHYTOPHTHORA; PLANT DISEASES; RHIZOPUS; TERPENES; THYMOL;

EID: 84857683472     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms13022290     Document Type: Article

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