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 …

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 …

Purpose of review: New reduced-risk postharvest fungicides were recently registered for
control of postharvest diseases of apples. New preharvest fungicides have also been …

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 …

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 …

Many pesticides are used very effectively against fungal diseases in crop protection.
However, the widespread use of synthetic pesticides in conventional fruit production clearly …

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 …

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 …

Different fungi alter apples in the post-harvest period, causing considerable economic
losses and risks to consumer health due to the mycotoxins that some of these fungi produce …

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 …