Postharvest diseases cause considerable losses to harvested fruits and vegetables during
transportation and storage. Synthetic fungicides are primarily used to control postharvest …

▪ Abstract Losses from postharvest fruit diseases range from 1 to 20 percent in the United
States, depending on the commodity. The application of fungicides to fruits after harvest to …

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 …

The postharvest diseases of citrus fruit cause considerable losses during storage and
transportation. These diseases are managed principally by the application of synthetic …

Although it is difficult to determine the full extent of postharvest losses due to diseases,
conservative estimates place losses to fruits and vegetables from spoilage at≈ 24% of the …

The past decade has seen many important advances in the field of applied mycopathology.
This progress has been extremely broad-based, but especially pronounced in the areas of …

Postharvest diseases of pome fruit are typically caused by a wide diversity of fungal
pathogens, and the list of confirmed causal agents is still growing. There is considerable …

Biocontrol agents may compete with pathogens for nutrients and space to delay or prevent
decay of fruits after harvest. These mechanisms of biological control have been difficult to …

Spoilage of fruits and vegetables after harvest often causes losses as great as 25–50% of
the harvested crop. Much of this is due to rot micro-organisms which are currently controlled …

MATERIALS AND METHODS Isolation and screening for antagonists in vitro. Leaves and
fruit were picked throughout the growing season from apple trees in four five-tree blocks …