Biological Control of Citrus Postharvest Phytopathogens
Citrus are vulnerable to the postharvest decay caused by <i>Penicillium digitatum</i>, <i>Penicillium italicum</i>, and <i>Geotrichum citri-aurantii</i>, which are responsible for the green mold, blue mold, and sour rot post-harvest disease, respectively. The wide...
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| author | Jaqueline Moraes Bazioli João Raul Belinato Jonas Henrique Costa Daniel Yuri Akiyama João Guilherme de Moraes Pontes Katia Cristina Kupper Fabio Augusto João Ernesto de Carvalho Taícia Pacheco Fill |
| author_facet | Jaqueline Moraes Bazioli João Raul Belinato Jonas Henrique Costa Daniel Yuri Akiyama João Guilherme de Moraes Pontes Katia Cristina Kupper Fabio Augusto João Ernesto de Carvalho Taícia Pacheco Fill |
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| description | Citrus are vulnerable to the postharvest decay caused by <i>Penicillium digitatum</i>, <i>Penicillium italicum</i>, and <i>Geotrichum citri-aurantii</i>, 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2b808e276a81469895340cb748c7e9b72022-12-22T03:59:20ZengMDPI AGToxins2072-66512019-08-0111846010.3390/toxins11080460toxins11080460Biological Control of Citrus Postharvest PhytopathogensJaqueline Moraes Bazioli0João Raul Belinato1Jonas Henrique Costa2Daniel Yuri Akiyama3João Guilherme de Moraes Pontes4Katia Cristina Kupper5Fabio Augusto6João Ernesto de Carvalho7Taícia Pacheco Fill8Institute of Chemistry, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, CP 6154, 13083-970 Campinas, SP, BrazilInstitute of Chemistry, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, CP 6154, 13083-970 Campinas, SP, BrazilInstitute of Chemistry, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, CP 6154, 13083-970 Campinas, SP, BrazilInstitute of Chemistry, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, CP 6154, 13083-970 Campinas, SP, BrazilInstitute of Chemistry, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, CP 6154, 13083-970 Campinas, SP, BrazilInstituto Agronômico de Campinas (IAC), 13490-970 Cordeiropolis, SP, BrazilInstitute of Chemistry, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, CP 6154, 13083-970 Campinas, SP, BrazilFaculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-859 Campinas, SP, BrazilInstitute of Chemistry, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, CP 6154, 13083-970 Campinas, SP, BrazilCitrus are vulnerable to the postharvest decay caused by <i>Penicillium digitatum</i>, <i>Penicillium italicum</i>, and <i>Geotrichum citri-aurantii</i>, 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.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/11/8/460biological controlpost-harvest phytopathogen<i>Penicillium digitatum</i><i>Penicillium italicum</i><i>Geothrichum citri-aurantii</i> |
| spellingShingle | Jaqueline Moraes Bazioli João Raul Belinato Jonas Henrique Costa Daniel Yuri Akiyama João Guilherme de Moraes Pontes Katia Cristina Kupper Fabio Augusto João Ernesto de Carvalho Taícia Pacheco Fill Biological Control of Citrus Postharvest Phytopathogens Toxins biological control post-harvest phytopathogen <i>Penicillium digitatum</i> <i>Penicillium italicum</i> <i>Geothrichum citri-aurantii</i> |
| title | Biological Control of Citrus Postharvest Phytopathogens |
| title_full | Biological Control of Citrus Postharvest Phytopathogens |
| title_fullStr | Biological Control of Citrus Postharvest Phytopathogens |
| title_full_unstemmed | Biological Control of Citrus Postharvest Phytopathogens |
| title_short | Biological Control of Citrus Postharvest Phytopathogens |
| title_sort | biological control of citrus postharvest phytopathogens |
| topic | biological control post-harvest phytopathogen <i>Penicillium digitatum</i> <i>Penicillium italicum</i> <i>Geothrichum citri-aurantii</i> |
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