Antifungal activity of Spices extracts against Sclerotium rolfsii

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 933, Issue , 2012, Pages 415-420

  Adesegun, E A ^a   Adebayo, O S ^a   Akintokun, A K ^b  

^a NATIONAL HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Nigeria)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Afframomum melegueta; Allium sativum; Disease control; Ocimum gratissimum; Tomato; Xylopia aethiopica

Indexed keywords

AFRAMOMUM MELEGUETA; ALLIUM SATIVUM; ATHELIA ROLFSII; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; OCIMUM GRATISSIMUM; XYLOPIA; XYLOPIA AETHIOPICA;

EID: 84863630870     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2012.933.53     Document Type: Conference Paper

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