Sustainable agriculture requires the recruitment of bacterial agents to control diverse plant
diseases such as bacterial endophytes. Bacterial endophytes colonize and inhabit internal …

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 …

Postharvest biological control agents as a viable alternative to the use of synthetic chemicals
have been the focus of considerable research for the last 30 years by many scientists and …

Significant losses in harvested fruit can be directly attributable to decay fungi. Some of these
pathogenic fungi are also the source of mycotoxins that are harmful to humans. Biological …

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 …

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

Plant phenolics are secondary metabolites that encompass several classes structurally
diverse of natural products biogenetically arising from the shikimate-phenylpropanoids …

The use of biocontrol agents as an alternative to synthetic, chemical fungicides that are
presently used to control postharvest pathogens, has many constraints and obstacles that …

▪ 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 …

Citrus diseases are the dominant threat to citrus production and cause substantial economic
losses. At present, chemical control is highly effective and is widely applied in the control of …