Antimicrobial activity of essential oils and pure oil compounds against soilborne pathogens of vegetables

Australasian Plant Pathology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 385-392

  McMaster, C A ^a,b,c   Plummer, K M ^b   Porter, I J ^a,b   Donald, E C ^a,d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Fisheries and Forestry ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Broccoli seedlings; Essential oils; Fusarium oxysporum; Rhizoctonia solani AG 2.1; Trichoderma atroviride

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890308888     PISSN: 08153191     EISSN: 14486032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13313-013-0216-0     Document Type: Article

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