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 …

Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) strains INR7 (Bacillus pumilus), GB03
(Bacillus subtilis), and ME1 (Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens) were tested singly and in …

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 …

Studies of induced systemic resistance using strains of plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria
(PGPR) have concentrated on the use of individual PGPR as inducers against multiple …

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 export oriented agricultural and horticultural crops depends on the export of residue free
produce and has created a great potential and demand for the incorporation of biopesticides …

The effects of freezing method, freeze drying process, and the use of protective agents on
the viability of the biocontrol yeast Candida sake were studied. Freezing at− 20° C was the …

Three plant growth promoting rhizobacterial (PGPR) strains, PF1, FP7 and PB2, were tested
alone and in combinations for suppression ofrice sheath blight disease and promotion of …

Aims: To investigate effects of application of 200 μ mol l− 1 methyl jasmonate [MeJA (200)]
and Cryptococcus laurentii alone or in combination against postharvest diseases (Monilinia …