World trends are moving towards reduced pesticide use in fresh fruit and vegetables. Along
with this trend, several physical and biological means have been evaluated as safer …

This chapter describes the situation on the use of microorganisms for controlling postharvest
diseases in fruit and vegetables after more than 20 years of research. The most remarkable …

During the storage of harvested commodities, environmental parameters are quite stable.
For this and other reasons, it is generally believed that biological control by means of …

Recently, biological control has been advanced as an alternative to synthetic fungicides and
considerable success in laboratory and pilot scale tests has been realized utilizing …

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 …

Postharvest diseases cause considerable losses to harvested fruits and vegetables during
transportation and storage. Synthetic fungicides are primarily used to control postharvest …

Postharvest diseases of fruits and vegetables cause serious losses of fresh produce-world-
wide. Most rot pathogens are controlled by various methods such as refrigeration, controlled …

Public concern over food safety has enhanced interest to find effective alternatives to
pesticides to control postharvest diseases of fruits and vegetables. Recently, biological …

Synthetic fungicides are the primary means to control postharvest diseases of fruits.
Biological control has emerged as one of the most promising alternatives to chemicals …

The use of biocontrol agents as an alternative to synthetic, chemical fungicides that are
presently used to control postharvest pathogens, has many constraints and obstacles that …