Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.), family Solanaceae, has become in the past fifty years
one of the most important and extensively grown horticultural crops in the Mediterranean …

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 …

Lipo-chitooligosaccharides (LCOs) are signaling molecules produced by rhizobial bacteria
that trigger the nodulation process in legumes, and by some fungi that also establish …

Given that the high incidences of fruit mildew especially for strawberry and cherry during
storage, the green, edible, and antifungal package materials was greatly required to improve …

While fungal biotrophs are dependent on successfully suppressing/subverting host defenses
during their interaction with live cells, necrotrophs, due to their lifestyle are often confronted …

The increased susceptibility of ripe fruit to fungal pathogens poses a substantial threat to
crop production and marketability. Here, we coupled transcriptomic analyses with mutant …

Bacillus genus exhibits antagonistic potential against a broad range of pathogenic fungi.
This study presents the antifungal potential of lipopeptides (LPs) produced by a novel strain …

Sustainable plant protection can be applied on apples against fungal pathogens such as
Botrytis cinerea (which is responsible for gray mold)—a significant global postharvest …

The potential alternative of exploring the development of nanocomposites through a single-
molecule approach, such as combining chitosan nanoparticles (ChiNP) with chitosan (Chi) …

Fruit diseases brought on by fungus infestation leads to postharvest losses of fresh fruit.
Approximately 30% of harvested fruits do not reach consumers' plates due to postharvest …