Shimoni, M., Department of Plant Pathology, Spice and Aromatic Plants, ARO, Newe Ya'ar Experiment Station, Haifa Post, 31999, Israel
Putievsky, E., Department of Medicinal, Spice and Aromatic Plants, ARO, Newe Ya'ar Experiment Station, Haifa Post, 31999, Israel
Ravid, U., Department of Medicinal, Spice and Aromatic Plants, ARO, Newe Ya'ar Experiment Station, Haifa Post, 31999, Israel
Reuveni, R., Department of Plant Pathology, Spice and Aromatic Plants, ARO, Newe Ya'ar Experiment Station, Haifa Post, 31999, Israel
Putievsky, E., Department of Medicinal, Spice and Aromatic Plants, ARO, Newe Ya'ar Experiment Station, Haifa Post, 31999, Israel
Ravid, U., Department of Medicinal, Spice and Aromatic Plants, ARO, Newe Ya'ar Experiment Station, Haifa Post, 31999, Israel
Reuveni, R., Department of Plant Pathology, Spice and Aromatic Plants, ARO, Newe Ya'ar Experiment Station, Haifa Post, 31999, Israel
Antifungal activity of volatile fractions of essential oils from four aromatic wild plants in israel
Essential oils were extracted from Majorana syriaca, Satureja thymbra, Micromeria fruticosa, and Salvia triloba, and their volatile fractions were tested for their antifungal activity against the soil-borne pathogens Fusarium oxysporum and Macrophomina phaseolina and the foliar pathogens Botrytis cinerea and Exserohilum turcicum. Results showed a fungistatic effect of 1, 2.5, and 5 μl of the various essential oils on fungal mycelium growth. The most significant effect was exerted by essential oils extracted from M. syriaca, which inhibited the growth of B. cinerea by 44% and of all the other fungi tested by 100%. © 1993 Plenum Publishing Corporation.
