Significant losses can occur after the harvest during the storage and marketing of citrus fruit in California due to green and blue molds, caused by P. digitatum and P. italicum, respectively. Currently, both diseases are ...

In the main productive area of Argentina, decays caused by Botrytis cinerea, Alternaria alternata, and Alternaria spp. lead to important postharvest losses in pears during medium- and long-term storage. In view of the ...

Every year and all over the world the fungal decay of fresh fruit and vegetables frequently generates substantial economic losses. Synthetic fungicides, traditionally used to efficiently combat the putrefactive agents, ...

Postharvest diseases cause considerable losses of harvested fruits during transportation and storage. Many yeast species have been reported as good antagonists against postharvest pear pathogens. In this work, we used a ...

Abstract: Contamination with a variety of filamentous fungi can cause deterioration of food and agricultural products. Fungal contaminations reduce the quality and the shelf life of fresh fruits and are one of the main ...

One of the main problems affecting the citrus industry worldwide is caused by fungal diseases at postharvest stage. This leads to huge amounts of lemon fruit being unnecessarily discarded which contributed to the overall ...

Mechanical injuries and diseases in stone fruit are important causes for market rejection. The objectives of this research were to quantify and characterize the mechanical injuries and diseases in peaches, nectarines and ...

Postharvest losses are significant to the agricultural production yield and generate a considerable amount of food losses every year in a world constantly affected by starvation and food unsafety. Moreover, sustainable ...