Application of essential oils as multi-target fungicides for the control of Geotrichum citri-aurantii and other postharvest pathogens of citrus

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 61, Issue , 2014, Pages 151-159

  Regnier, T ^a   Combrinck, S ^a   Veldman, W ^a   Du Plooy, W ^b  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences Tshwane University of Technology Faculty of Sciences ^*  (South Africa)

Author keywords

Citrus; Essential oils; Geotrichum citri aurantii; Lemongrass; Sour rot

Indexed keywords

CITRUS FRUITS; COATINGS; FUNGI; FUNGICIDES; PATHOGENS;

CITRUS; COMMERCIAL TRIALS; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS; GEOTRICHUM; LEMONGRASS; PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM; PROTECTIVE PROPERTIES; SOUR ROT; MULTITARGET; POSTHARVEST;

ESSENTIAL OILS;

COATING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISEASE CONTROL; ESSENTIAL OIL; FRUIT; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGICIDE; FUNGUS; GRASS; GROWTH REGULATOR; HERB; HORTICULTURE; INHIBITION; PATHOGEN;

CITRUS; GEOTRICHUM CITRI-AURANTII;

EID: 84904514407     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2014.05.052     Document Type: Article

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