Postharvest diseases can cause considerable damage to harvested fruit in controlled
atmosphere storage. Since there is a large cost associated with opening the storage rooms …

Apple (Malus domestica) is one of the most popular fruits consumed around the world.
Environmental factors influence the development and quality of apples. We determined the …

The development of molecular markers linked to specific traits is now routine practice, but
the gap between genomics and breeding often delays their application. In the frame of the …

For most temperate perennial fruit crops, replanting into soil that was used previously to
grow the same or a related crop species usually results in poor early growth, preventing new …

In most apple breeding programmes resistance to diseases has a high priority. The main
emphasis is put on scab and mildew resistance. Recent evidence about the risk of …

Disease management strategies and tactics developed over the past 20-30 years which
have have led to substantial reductions in the use of fungicides on apples are discussed …

A 2‐year study on epidemic progress of apple scab was conducted at Randwijk, the
Netherlands, in 1998 and 1999. The summer epidemic caused by conidia was studied …

During the survey we studied traditional old apple cultivars in order to test disease
resistance, as part of an apple breeding program. Diseases and pests assessments were …

33.1 Introduction Losses due to postharvest disease may occur at any time during
postharvest handling, from harvest to consumption. When estimating postharvest disease …