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Micro Morphological and Chemical Investigation into the Effects of Fungal Diseases on Melissa officinals L., Mentha × Piperita L. and Salvia officinalis L.
Author(s) -
D'Aulerio A. Zechini,
Zambonelli A.,
Bianchi A.,
Albasini A.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of phytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1439-0434
pISSN - 0931-1785
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0434.1995.tb00255.x
Subject(s) - melissa officinalis , salvia officinalis , biology , septoria , essential oil , lamiaceae , botany , salvia , sage , thymus vulgaris , officinalis , traditional medicine , physics , nuclear physics , medicine
A micro‐morphological study of infected tissues and a chemical investigation into the volatile fraction of secretory tissues of healthy and infected plants were carried out. The botanic species were: Melissa officinalis L. (infected by Erysiphe galeopsidis and Septoria melissae ); Salvia officinalis L. (infected by Erysiphe salviae ); Mentha piperita L. (infected by Puccinia menthae ). The results show that pathogenic fungal infection seriously damages the secretory tissues and stomata, causing a decrease in the amount of essential oil contained in infected plants, and modifying the composition of the plant's volatile fraction.