ANTIFUNGAL POTENTIAL OF PEPPERMINT, BASIL AND SAGE ESSENTIAL OILS

The aim of this study was to investigate the antimicrobial potential of essential oils from peppermint, basil and sage essential oils obtained by hydrodistillation, on Fusarium sp. and Aspergillus sp. (2021) point out that more than two-thirds of plant diseases are associated with the occurrence of pathogenic fungi. [...]plant diseases need to be controlled using different techniques (Tsegaye et al.. [...]the extensive use of pesticides led to significant degradation of the agroecosystem and human health (Salameh et al.. [...]several alternative methods to replace pesticides have been proposed (Nile et al.. Essential oils from Lamiaceae are often used to control fungal pathogens in crop production, such as Fusarium, or fungi responsible for food spoilage, such as Aspergillus (Couladis et al., 2004; Soliman and Badeaa, 2002).