Overview: Biological control of postharvest products has great potential because postharvest
environmental parameters such as temperature and humidity can be rigidly controlled to suit …

Overview: Biological control of postharvest products has great potential because postharvest
environmental parameters such as temperature and humidity can be rigidly controlled to suit …

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 …

The past twenty years has seen the field of postharvest biocontrol evolve into a sophisticated
science with global research programs worldwide, numerous yearly publications, patented …

Postharvest biological control agents as a viable alternative to the use of synthetic chemicals
have been the focus of considerable research for the last 30 years by many scientists and …

The use of biocontrol agents to inhibit postharvest pathogens has shown great potential.
However, there have been many obstacles to their implementation as a feasible commercial …

There is increasing concern about the environmental effects and safety of chemical
pesticides and fungicides all over the world. Regulatory agencies have reacted to public …

Various biotic factors cause diseases in crops, which result in food losses. Historically
pesticide development has been instructive to us in terms of the benefits derived as well as …

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 …

The primary justification for conducting postharvest biocontrol research was to replace or
reduce the use of synthetic chemicals (Wilson and Wisniewski, 1989) because of concerns …