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Safely Applying Fungal Treatments to Fruits After Harvest
Greg Howard
3rd June, 2024
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Key Findings
- Researchers at the University of California, Davis, developed a reliable method to simulate disease spread in stored fruits
- The study tested oranges, tomatoes, and apples against common postharvest pathogens like Penicillium and Botrytis
- The new method showed over 80% disease incidence in most trials, proving its effectiveness in studying fruit-pathogen interactions
References
Main Study
1) Non-wounding contact-based Inoculation of fruits with fungal pathogens in postharvest.
Published 2nd June, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13007-024-01214-2
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3) Botrytis cinerea: the cause of grey mould disease.
4) Grey mould of strawberry, a devastating disease caused by the ubiquitous necrotrophic fungal pathogen Botrytis cinerea.