Growth of the pathogens was significantly (P < 0.05) inhibited by the NE. As shown in Table 1, the index of growth inhibition respectively was 65.7% for the M. fructicola, 34.1% for the P. expansum, 66.9% for the T. roseum and 30.7% for the A. alternate, respectively, after incubated at 27°C for 72 h (Table 1).