Bioefficacy of Essential Oils Against the Tomato Wilt Pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici

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Issue		BIO Web Conf. Volume 241, 2026 3^rd International Conference on Recent Advances in Horticulture Research (ICRAHOR 2026)


Article Number		04004
Number of page(s)		7
Section		Climate Resilient Horticulture, Urban and Backyard Farming
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/bioconf/202624104004
Published online		26 June 2026

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