Plant pathogens cause severe losses or damage to crops worldwide and thereby
significantly reduce the quality and quantity of agricultural commodities. World tendencies …

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 …

Nanoparticles have been reported to mitigate biotic and abiotic stresses in different fruits
and vegetables. In this study, tomato fruit with black rot symptoms were collected and …

Postharvest disease management is vital to increase the quality and productivity of crops. As
part of crop disease protection, people used different agrochemicals and agricultural …

Potential antagonists were isolated from the epiphytic flora associated with oranges and
pome fruit. A total of 1465 microorganisms were tested in a preliminary screening against …

Cytospora canker has become a devastating disease of apple species worldwide, and in
severe cases, it may cause dieback of entire trees. The aim of this study was to characterize …

In this study, plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) were evaluated as potential
biocontrol agents against postharvest pathogens of apple fruits. In vitro bioassays revealed …

Apple bitter rot is a destructive fruit rot of apple worldwide. Because of recent advances in
postharvest biological control as an eco-friendly and a potent alternative of fungicides, the …

Rot of cherry tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) fruits caused by several fungal pathogens is
a detrimental disease leading to substantial yield loses worldwide. Alternaria isolates were …

Crop protection is vital to maintain high productivity and high quality of crops. Over the past
years, people used different fungicides, herbicides and good agronomical practices to …