Post-harvest Pathology

Dov Prusky is a professor of Plant Pathology at the Agricultural Research Organization in Bet Dagan, Israel. One of his main interests is understanding the basic processes underlying the interactions between fruits and pathogenic fungi. Maria Lodovica Gullino is a professor of plant pathology at the University of Torino and President of the International Society for Plant Pathology. She has long term experience in plant disease management.

From the reviews: "Volume 2 deals with Post-harvest Pathology. This is a slender volume, containing only 14 papers ... . They bring together a summary of work across the whole field of plant pathology ... . They thus enable specialists to see their specialism as part of an integrated whole, and for students and those at the start of their careers they provide an invaluable summary of what is going on, who the key players are and where the knowledge lacunae lie." (David Ingram, Food Security, Vol. 3, 2011)

• The Role of Pre-formed Antifungal Substances in the Resistance of Fruits to Postharvest Pathogens.- Mechanisms of Induced Resistance Against B. cinerea.- Induced Resistance in Melons by Elicitors for the Control of Postharvest Diseases.- Mechanisms Modulating Postharvest Pathogen Colonization of Decaying Fruits.- Global Regulation of Genes in Citrus Fruit in Response to the Postharvest Pathogen Penicillium digitatum.- Epidemiological Assessments and Postharvest Disease Incidence.- Preharvest Strategies to Control Postharvest Diseases in Fruits.- New Developments in Postharvest Fungicide Registrations for Edible Horticultural Crops and Use Strategies in the United States.- New Approaches for Postharvest Disease Control in Europe.- Quo Vadis of Biological Control of Postharvest Diseases.- Improving Formulation of Biocontrol Agents Manipulating Production Process.- Host Responses to Biological Control Agents.- Non-fungicidal Control of Botrytis Storage Rot in New Zealand Kiwifruit ThroughPre- and Postharvest Crop Management.- The Peach Story.