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10/05/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Essential oils provide a natural way to reduce crop diseases

Essential oils are being thoroughly studied for their numerous benefits on human health. But they are also capable of protecting plants from fungal diseases that would ruin entire crops. Brazilian researchers investigated the anti-fungal activity of essential oils from 17 different plants against Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, the fungus that causes white mold. White mold is also known as white rot […]

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