Postharvest Decay

Control Strategies

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

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Beskrivning

Written by a diverse group of research professionals, Postharvest Decay: Control Strategies is aimed at a wide audience, including researchers involved in the study of postharvest handling of agricultural commodities, and undergraduate and graduate students researching postharvest topics. Growers, managers, and operators working at packinghouses and storage, retail, and wholesale facilities can also benefit from this book. The information in this book covers a wide range of topics related to selected fungi, such as taxonomy, infection processes, economic importance, causes of infection, the influence of pre-harvest agronomic practices and the environment, the effect of handling operations, and the strategic controls for each host-pathogen, including traditional and non-traditional alternatives.

Includes eleven postharvest fungi causing serious rots in numerous fruits and vegetables
Offers selected microorganisms including pathogens of commercially important tropical, subtropical and temperate crops worldwide, such as tomatoes, pears, apples, peaches, citrus, banana, papaya, and mango, among others
Presents content developed by recognized and experienced high-level scientists, working in the postharvest pathology area worldwide
Provides basic information about each fungus, pre- and postharvest factors that contribute to infection and control measurements, including the use of chemicals and non-traditional methods

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-05-23
Mått:152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt:680 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:394
Förlag:Elsevier Science
ISBN:9780124115521

Utforska kategorier

Agronomi inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

BSc. in Agronomy. Autonomous Metropolitan University. MSc. in Tropical Fruit Production. National School of Fruit Production. PhD in Plant Sciences. Massey University. Research interest in control of postharvest microorganisms in horticultural commodities and edible flowers by mean of sustainable alternatives.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Rhizopus stolonifer (soft rot)Silvia Bautista-Banos, Elsa Bosquez-Molina, and Laura L. Barrera-Necha2. Penicillium digitatum, Penicillium italicum in citrus fruit (green mold, blue mold)Lluís Palou3. Crown rot disease of bananasLudivine Lassois and Luc de Lapeyre de Bellaire4. Botrytis cinerea (gray mold)Gianfranco Romanazzi and Erica Feliziani5. Alternaria alternata (black rot, black spot)Rosalba Troncoso Rojas and Martin Ernesto Tiznado-Hernandez6. Penicillium expansum (blue mold)Deena Errampalli7. Monilinia fructicola, Monilinia laxa (Monilinia rot, brown rot)Camilla Martini and Marta Mari8. Aspergillus sp.Maribel Plascencia-Jatomea, Maria Susana Yepiz Gomez, and John Martin Velez Haro9. Thielaviopsis paradoxa, Thielaviopsis basicola (black rot, black root rot)Ilmi Ganga Namali Hewajulige and R.L.C. Wijesundera10. Lasiodiplodia theobromae in citrus fruit (Diplodia stem-end rot)Jiuxu Zhang11. Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (anthracnose)Yasmeen Siddiqui and Asgar Ali