Reduction of plant growth, yield and quality due to diverse environmental constrains along
with climate change significantly limit the sustainable production of horticultural crops. In this …

These days, two important issues are causing concern in the global community: the
alarmingly growing trend of the human population and the issue of food security. To this end …

Sweet potato black rot is a common postharvest disease caused by the pathogenic fungus
Ceratocystis fimbriata. The toxins produced by infected tubers are potentially harmful to …

Cuticular waxes play important roles in plant development and the interaction between
plants and their environment. Researches on wax biosynthetic pathways have been …

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 …

Apple (Malus domestica Borkh.), one of the most economically important fruits widely
consumed worldwide, has been suffering from apple ring rot caused by Botryosphaeria …

Foliar diseases caused by Stemphylium and Colletotrichum species are among the major
biotic factors limiting Welsh onion production in Taiwan. Owing to concerns about the …

Brown rot, caused by Monilinia fructicola, is considered one of the devasting diseases of pre-
harvest and post-harvest peach fruits, restricting the yield and quality of peach fruits and …

Apple ring rot, one of the most common apple postharvest diseases during storage, is
caused by Botryosphaeria dothidea. Presently, the disease management is primarily …

Copper stress in the presence of exogenous methyl jasmonate and Serratia plymuthica in a
complete trifactorial design with copper (0, 50 µM), methyl jasmonate (0, 1, 10 µM) and …