The need for microorganism control in the food industry has promoted research in food
processing technologies. Ozone is considered to be a promising food preserving technique …

Highlights•Mycotoxins are toxic secondary metabolites produced by filamentous
fungi.•Aspergillus, Penicillium, Alternaria and Fusarium are the main toxigenic …

The ability to grow safe, fresh food to supplement packaged foods of astronauts in space has
been an important goal for NASA. Food crops grown in space experience different …

Bell peppers are susceptible to postharvest diseases caused by the fungus Alternaria
alternata that limit its commercialization. Nowadays, nanotechnology allows encapsulation …

The growing demand for food represents an enormous problem for agri-food industries. It is
driven by global population growth on the one hand and constrained by greenhouse gas …

Pathogenic fungi in the genera Alternaria, Aspergillus, Botrytis, Fusarium, Geotrichum,
Gloeosporium, Monilinia, Mucor, Penicillium, and Rhizopus are the most common cause of …

Blackhead disease is a major fungal disease causing the quality deterioration of postharvest
'Korla'fragrant pear. In this study, the relationships of resistance to blackhead disease with …

This study identified secondary metabolites produced by Alternaria alternata, Colletotrichum
gloeosporioides, and Penicillium digitatum in fruits of two blood orange cultivars before …

In the present study, dielectric barrier discharge cold plasma was explored to treat alternariol
(AOH) and alternariol monomethyl ether (AME) and the effect of mycotoxin states and …

Highlights•Apple is a crop susceptible to several fungal diseases.•Penicillium and Alternaria
are the most relevant toxigenic apple pathogens.•Postharvest storage selects toxigenic …