Background Produce are susceptible to microbial attack from diverse sources and the use of
novel BCAs has gained recognition as alternative and sustainable applications to lessen the …

The safety and quality of fruit after harvest has always been an issue of people's livelihood.
Due to increasing concerns about food safety and environmental pollution caused by …

Fungal diseases result in significant losses of fruits and vegetables during handling,
transportation and storage. At present, post-production fungal spoilage is predominantly …

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 …

Purpose of review: Drawing on several representative studies, this review focuses on the
interaction between antagonist microorganisms and fungicides and provides related …

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

This review deals with the main mechanisms of action exerted by antagonistic bacteria, such
as competition for space and nutrients, suppression via siderophores, hydrolytic enzymes …

Over the years, post-harvest management strategies of fungal pathogens have depended on
the aggressive usage of synthetic chemicals (fungicides). This conduct has been reported to …

This chapter describes the situation on the use of microorganisms for controlling postharvest
diseases in fruit and vegetables after more than 20 years of research. The most remarkable …

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 …