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Plant-derived essential oils (EOs) have been presented as sustainable and ecofriendly alternatives to synthetic pesticides. The objective of the present study is to evaluate the antifungal property of\n                    <jats:italic>Salvia rosmarinus, Lavandula dentata<\/jats:italic>\n                    , and\n                    <jats:italic>Cymbopogon citratus<\/jats:italic>\n                    EO and their mixture against\n                    <jats:italic>P. digitatum.<\/jats:italic>\n                    Under\n                    <jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic>\n                    environment, all treatments exhibited a significant inhibitory effect on\n                    <jats:italic>P. digitatum<\/jats:italic>\n                    mycelial growth. The ternary EOs mixture exhibited significant effect compared to their individual application, showing lowest value of IC\n                    <jats:sub>50<\/jats:sub>\n                    (0.0452 \u00b5L\/mL). Moreover, the application of this mixture on infected fruits showed significant inhibitory effect compared to the control. The lesion diameter measured for untreated fruits was 64.29\u00a0mm, and 36.05\u00a0mm for fruits treated with EOs. In addition, disease incidence of\n                    <jats:italic>P. digitatum<\/jats:italic>\n                    was complete 100% in all fruits tested. Nonetheless, a significant decrease in disease severity was observed among fruits treated with EOs (56.67%). 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