The fungal pathogen Botrytis cinerea causes grey mould, a commercially damaging disease
of strawberry. This pathogen affects fruit in the field, storage, transport and market. The …

Food processing sustainability, as well as waste minimization, are key concerns for the
modern food industry. A significant amount of waste is generated by the fruit juice industry …

Small berry fruits are consumed because of their attractive colour and special taste, and are
considered one of the richest sources of natural antioxidants. Their consumption has been …

Strawberries are a widely consumed fruit that contains a variety of antioxidant metabolites.
However, postharvest strawberries are highly perishable and susceptible to a variety of …

Increasing loss of conventional fungicides due to pathogen resistance and general
unacceptability in terms of public and environmental risk have favoured the introduction of …

The use of plant extracts could be a useful alternative to synthetic fungicides in the
management of rot fungi during postharvest handling of fruit and vegetables. The aim of this …

High performance liquid chromatography coupled with diode array and coulometric array
detectors were used to characterize and quantify phenolic compounds in achenes and flesh …

Light is emerging as a central regulator of plant immune responses against herbivores and
pathogens. Solar UV-B radiation plays an important role as a positive modulator of plant …

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 …

Numerous studies have suggested that plant/pathogen interactions are partially mediated
via plant secondary metabolite production and corresponding pathogen tolerance. However …