Table 4 shows B. cinerea colonies' diameters after 5 days of incubation.
It can be seen that as the amount of essential oil decreased, the diameters
of the colonies of mold increased, reaching a maximum growth
in the controls (without essential oils), while minimal growth was observed
in some of the combinations that include ½ MIC of clove essential
oil. The effect of increasing essential oil concentration significantly affects
(p b 0.05) B. cinerea colony diameter. Fig. 1 (left) illustrates the experimental
setup for these tests.
Essential oil combinations that had inhibitory effect after 5 days of
incubation are presented in Table 4. Combinations containing half the
MIC of clove essential oil exhibited antifungal activity when combined
with several fractions of the MIC of mustard essential oil. The most