Fruits and vegetable production is essential due to their impact on economic and health
issues. However, during their production, significant losses can occur due to the presence of …

Findings: At the beginning of the 1960s, treatments based on chemical fungicides as the
main method of reducing postharvest fruit losses obtained satisfactory results. However, the …

Traditionally, chemical fungicides have been used to preserve the quality of fruit and
vegetables over extended periods of storage or transportation. However, increased global …

Sustainable agriculture requires factors to directly stimulate plant growth and induce the
plant's innate immune system to protect against stresses. Protection of plants is one of the …

Purpose of review: Alternative methods to fungicide treatments have been studied in order to
prevent fruit losses in the postharvest phase. Within these methods the applications of …

According to the Food and Agricultural Organization, more than 800 million people still suffer
from hunger, yet one third of food produced (equivalent to $1 trillion USD in value) is either …

This collection of papers includes some of the presentation given at the International
congress of Plant Pathology held in Beijing in 2013 in the session of Recent Development in …

Postharvest decay in harvested fruit causes considerable economical losses. Fungicides are
the primary means to control these losses. Public concern in food safety and environmental …

Despite modern storage facilities, losses from 5 to 25% of apples are still being recorded in
storage room. Fungal pathogens such as Botrytis cinerea, Penicillium expansum and …

The effectiveness on several fruits by the application of alternative methods against fungi is
summarized in the present chapter. Several investigations have reported the efficacy of …