Botanical Pesticides in the Management of Postharvest Fruit Diseases

by Pramila Tripathi

ISBN: 9789383129577
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Imprint : DAYA
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 6495.00
Biblio : x+174p., figs., tabls., bib., ind., 23 cm

About The Book

This book deals with the screening of some plant extracts and essential oils against a most common citrus blue mould rot pathogen and presents the findings of research work and the future prospect of essential oils of Mentha arvensis, Ocimum canum and Zingiber officinale in control of citrus fruits by protecting them from fungal rotting. The aqueous extract of A nilotica and Kaempferol isolated from the bark of A nilotica have also shown the potential to protect the citrus fruits. The active pri

Table of Contents

Contents Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Review of Literature; Chapter 3: Experiments and Results; Screening of some plant extracts for their fungitoxicity Penicillium italicum Wehmer, Screening of some essential oils for their fungitoxicity against P italicum Wehmer, Description of active plants, Acacia nilotica Linn, Mentha arvensis Linn, Ocimum canum Sims, Zingiber officinale Rosc, Studies with the essential oils of Mentha arvensis Linn, Ocimum canum Sims and Zingiber officinale Rosc, Cha