Antifungal activity of essential oils and their combinations in in vitro and in vivo conditions

Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 564-570

  Tejeswini, Mysore Gopal ^a   Sowmya, Hebbale Vasanth ^a   Swarnalatha, Shimoga Prabhakar ^a   Negi, Pradeep Singh ^a  

^a CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

antifungal; essential oil; fractional inhibitory concentration; minimum inhibitory concentration; tomato system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894265119     PISSN: 03235408     EISSN: 14772906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03235408.2013.814235     Document Type: Article

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