Curative Treatment of Strawberry Gray Mold Caused by Botrytis cinerea Using Lavender Essential Oil
By: Miroslava Kačániová, Minhang Qiao and Oleg Paulen
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Language: English
Page range: 31 - 39
Submitted on: Feb 9, 2026
Accepted on: Mar 17, 2026
Published on: May 18, 2026
Published by: Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra
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