Abstract Research on Biological Control of Postharvest Diseases (BCPD) has been
conducted for over two decades and successes, present and future direction are being …

Highlights•The commercial application of biocontrol agents is very limited in postharvest.•
Consistent efficacy is not enough to be successful in the postharvest market.•Postharvest …

Health hazard concern regarding chemical residues on food has enhanced interest of
finding effective alternative to pesticides to control postharvest diseases of fruits and …

Research has accelerated recently on biological control of postharvest diseases and has
resulted in the development of several commercial products for controlling decays of …

▪ Abstract Losses from postharvest fruit diseases range from 1 to 20 percent in the United
States, depending on the commodity. The application of fungicides to fruits after harvest to …

This collection of paper 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 …

Biological control of fruit decays originating from wound infections after harvest has made
great progress during the past two decades and several products are commercially …

Biological control of postharvest diseases celebrated its first decade of commercial use last
year. In the United States, BioSave'is the only product that is currently being used. The …

Biological control of postharvest diseases Page 87 Biological Control of Postharvest
Diseases 4 Giuseppe Lima, Simona Marianna Sanzani, Filippo De Curtis, and Antonio …

Microbial control of postharvest diseases has been one of the most extensively studied
alternatives and appears to be a viable technology. Research and development of biological …