Fungal pathogens are the main biotic burden of productivity for economically important
crops under field, greenhouse or postharvest conditions. The discovery and development of …

Significant losses in harvested fruit can be directly attributable to decay fungi. Some of these
pathogenic fungi are also the source of mycotoxins that are harmful to humans. Biological …

Fruit plays an important role in human diet. Whereas, fungal pathogens cause huge losses
of fruit during storage and transportation, abuse of chemical fungicides leads to serious …

The yeasts Rhodotorula glutinis (LS-11), Cryptococcus laurentii (LS-28), Candida famata
(21-D) and Pichia guilliermondii (29-A) and the yeast-like fungus Aureobasidium pullulans …

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 …

Ever since plant diseases began causing losses in viticulture, the control of phytopathogenic
fungi has become of vital interest for winemakers. The occurrence of novel pests, fungicide …

Among soil microorganisms, yeasts have received little attention as biocontrol agents of soil-
borne fungal plant pathogens in comparison to bacterial, actinomycetes, and filamentous …

The yeastsCryptococcus laurentii (strain HRA5), Cryptococcus infirmominiatus (strain YY6),
andRhodotorula glutinis (strain HRB6) were tested as biocontrol agents of postharvest …

Biocontrol activities of a total of 103 yeast isolates were tested against postharvest diseases
of peaches. Seven isolates, with the best efficacy in reducing the number of infected wounds …

Biological control of postharvest diseases, utilizing wild species and strains of antagonistic
yeast species, is a research topic that has received considerable attention in the literature …