Disinfection of fresh fruit and vegetables after harvest is an essential first step of postharvest
handling. The minimal requirement from disinfection procedures is to maintain commodities …

Fresh fruits have good flavor and high nutritional value, but in the postharvest stage they will
age and decay rapidly, so we need to find green postharvest fruit preservatives. And natural …

Six rhizobacteria isolated from common bean and able to protect bean plants from the
common bacterial blight (CBB) causal agent, were in vitro evaluated for their potential …

Fresh fruits and vegetables carry a heavy load of microorganisms which may cause the risks
of food‐borne illness to the consumer. Even after washing with water, there is a need for …

The effectiveness on several fruits by the application of alternative methods against fungi is
summarized in the present chapter. Several investigations have reported the efficacy of …

The aim of the studies was to evaluate the effects of acetic acid treatments on the quality of
stored onion seeds. Seeds of two samples were soaked for 30 min in 0.25, 0.5, 1 and 2 …

Alternaria dauci (JG Kühn) JW Groves et Skolko and A. radicina Meier, Drechsler et ED
Eddy are important seed-transmitted pathogens of carrot. The aim of this study was to …

Introduction. In the twentieth century, fumigation became a very popular method of
disinfection, although in the same century many agents used as fumigants were withdrawn …

Seed infection with Alternaria spp. is an important source of severe carrot diseases. The aim
of the study was to evaluate the effects of carrot seed treatments with acetic acid, grapefruit …

Despite massive economic contributions to Malaysia, the oil palm industry faces devastating
threats from basal stem rot (BSR) disease. An array of treatments was designed to evaluate …