Antifungal activity of five plant essential oils as fumigant against postharvest and soilborne plant pathogenic fungi

Plant Pathology Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 97-102

  Lee, Sun Og ^a   Choi, Gyung Ja ^a   Jang, Kyoung Soo ^a   Lim, He Kyoung ^a   Cho, Kwang Yun ^a   Kim, Jin Cheol ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antifungal activity; Apple gray mold; Cuminum cyminum; Essential oil; Eucalyptus citriodora

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885634680     PISSN: 15982254     EISSN: 20939280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5423/PPJ.2007.23.2.097     Document Type: Article

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