Highlights•The review highlight the potential of plant extracts, and essential oils to control
post-harvest diseases.•In vitro and in vivo results of plant extracts and essential oils revealed …

Recently, the development of green corrosion inhibitors and green inhibition strategies are
highly demanded because of the increasing demand of green chemistry in the area of …

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

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 …

It is known that Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), among several other mechanisms, are
responsible for the antagonistic activity produced by microorganisms. In this work the …

Finding safe and effective alternatives to synthetic fungicides for reducing postharvest losses
of harvested commodities has been a focus of much research over the past three decades …

Background Significant product losses of fresh fruits and vegetables occur in the postharvest
storage due to rapid senescence and diseases. The traditional postharvest preservation …

The fungal decay of fresh fruits and vegetables annually generates substantial global
economic losses. The utilization of conventional synthetic fungicides is damaging to the …

Postharvest decay caused by fungal pathogens is one of the most important factors causing
economic losses for the worldwide industry of fresh horticultural produce. Despite the …

The present work focuses on the antifungal effect of volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
produced by Bacillus amyloliquefaciens CPA-8 against Monilinia laxa, M. fructicola and …