Biological Control of Citrus Postharvest Phytopathogens

Autor: Daniel Yuri Akiyama, João Carvalho, Fabio Augusto, Katia Cristina Kupper, João Guilherme de Moraes Pontes, Joao Raul Belinato, Jaqueline Moraes Bazioli, Jonas Henrique Costa, Taicia Pacheco Fill
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Toxins, Vol 11, Iss 8, p 460 (2019)
Toxins
ISSN: 2072-6651
Popis: Citrus are vulnerable to the postharvest decay caused by Penicillium digitatum, Penicillium italicum, and Geotrichum citri-aurantii, which are responsible for the green mold, blue mold, and sour rot post-harvest disease, respectively. The widespread economic losses in citriculture caused by these phytopathogens are minimized with the use of synthetic fungicides such as imazalil, thiabendazole, pyrimethanil, and fludioxonil, which are mainly employed as control agents and may have harmful effects on human health and environment. To date, numerous non-chemical postharvest treatments have been investigated for the control of these pathogens. Several studies demonstrated that biological control using microbial antagonists and natural products can be effective in controlling postharvest diseases in citrus, as well as the most used commercial fungicides. Therefore, microbial agents represent a considerably safer and low toxicity alternative to synthetic fungicides. In the present review, these biological control strategies as alternative to the chemical fungicides are summarized here and new challenges regarding the development of shelf-stable formulated biocontrol products are also discussed.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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