▪ Abstract This chapter examines the quiescence period during different stages of fungal
attack of postharvest pathogens: quiescence during spore germination and initial hyphal …

▪ Abstract Polygalacturonase-inhibiting proteins (PGIPs) are extracellular plant proteins
capable of inhibiting fungal endopolygalacturonases (PGs). Plants have evolved different …

Focusing on the great variety of research being done in the field of postharvest pathology,
this volume presents a collection of topics concerning the diseases of harvested fruits and …

Strawberry, a small fruit crop of great importance throughout the world, has been considered
a model plant system for Rosaceae, and is susceptible to a large variety of phytopathogenic …

Polygalacturonases (PGs) are produced by fungal pathogens during early plant infection
and are believed to be important pathogenicity factors. Polygalacturonase-inhibiting proteins …

Transgenic tomato plants expressing the pear fruit polygalacturonase inhibitor protein
(pPGIP) were used to demonstrate that this inhibitor of fungal pathogen …

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 …

Plant cell walls are predominantly composed of polysaccharides, which are connected in a
strong, yet resilient network. They determine the size and shape of plant cells and form the …

A polygalacturonase inhibitor glycoprotein with an apparent molecular mass of 43 kD was
purified from pear (Pyrus communis L. cv Bartlett) fruit. Chemical deglycosylation of this …

A polygalacturonase inhibitor protein (PGIP) was characterized from tomato fruit. Differential
glycosylation of a single polypeptide accounted for heterogeneity in concanavalin A binding …