Antifungal activity of silver and copper nanoparticles on two plant pathogens, Alternaria alternata and Botrytis cinerea

Research Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 34-42

  Ouda, Sahar M ^a,b  

^a NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER   (Egypt)

^b TAIF UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Action mechanism; Alternaria sp.; Antifungal activity; Botrytis cinerea; Metal nanoparticles; Silver nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897594985     PISSN: 18164935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jm.2014.34.42     Document Type: Article

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