Postharvest Disease Management in Horticultural Crops: Recent Developments and Insights
A special issue of Horticulturae (ISSN 2311-7524). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Pathology and Disease Management (PPDM)".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 March 2025 | Viewed by 99
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biological control; phytochemistry; food chemistry; postharvest management
Interests: postharvest technologies of horticultural crops; non-destructive prediction of quality parameters; harvest date prediction; microbial analysis in fruits; edible coatings to improve storage and minimally processed foods
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Interests: biological control; food microbiology; phytochemistry
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Postharvest diseases are among the main causes of loss of agricultural production. The main causal agents of postharvest diseases on horticultural products are fungi, although postharvest commodities can also be susceptible to attack by some bacteria. Chemical fungicides are traditionally used to control these pathogens. However, the chemicals used can be toxic to the environment, as well as to the consumer. Therefore, there is now a trend towards integrated postharvest disease management, where various mechanisms are established for disease control, such as biological control, where beneficial organisms are used, since they are generally considered harmless to the environment, the horticultural product, and the consumer. On the other hand, organic acids, plant extracts, edible coatings, and physical methods have also been used, which can be used alone or in combination with these techniques. This Special Issue aims to collect information related to the integrated management of horticultural products, whether that is with the use of biological controls, phytochemicals, organic acids, and edible coatings, alone, or in combination, to mitigate the effect of postharvest diseases.
Dr. Pedro Ulises Bautista-Rosales
Dr. Adriana Guerreiro
Dr. Paola Magallón-Servín
Dr. Rosendo Balois-Morales
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- postharvest disease management
- biological control
- biocontrol action mechanisms
- antimicrobial compounds
- antimicrobial edible coatings
- plant–microorganism interaction
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