Every year and all over the world the fungal decay of fresh fruit and vegetables frequently
generates substantial economic losses. Synthetic fungicides, traditionally used to efficiently …

After harvest, many fruits are kept in cold storage in order to prolong their availability and
shelf life. Often, this requires the application of a chemical fungicide to prevent postharvest …

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 …

Economic losses caused by postharvest diseases represent one of the main problems of the
citrus industry worldwide. The major diseases affecting citrus are the" green mold" and" blue …

Postharvest diseases of fruits caused by phytopathogens cause losses up to 50% of global
production. Phytopathogens control is performed with synthetic fungicides, but the …

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 …

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 …

Fresh fruits and vegetables are susceptible to a large variety of spoilage agents before and
after harvest. Among these, fungi are mostly responsible for the microbiological …

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

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 …