Nanomaterials as Alternative Control Means Against Postharvest Diseases in Fruit Crops
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Agricultural Research Center, Londrina State University, Londrina 86057-970, PR, Brazil
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Agricultural Research Center, Plant Pathology Research Institute, 9 Gamaa St, Giza 12619, Egypt
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Fats and Oils Department, National Research Centre, Cairo 12622, Egypt
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Department of Soil, Plant and Food Science, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70121 Bari, Italy
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Nanomaterials 2019, 9(12), 1752; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9121752
Received: 25 October 2019
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Revised: 22 November 2019
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Accepted: 26 November 2019
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Published: 10 December 2019
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Engineered Nanomaterials and Agriculture: Moving towards Their Contribution into Food Security)
Post-harvest diseases of fruit and vegetables have to be controlled because of the high added value of commodities and the great economic loss related to spoilage. Synthetic fungicides are the first choice worldwide to control post-harvest diseases of fruit and vegetables. However, several problems and constraints related to their use have forced scientists to develop alternatives control means to prevent post-harvest diseases. Physical and biological means, resistance inducers, and GRAS (generally recognized as safe) compounds are the most important alternatives used during the last 20 years. Recently, nanomaterial treatments have demonstrated promising results and they are being investigated to reduce the utilization of synthetic fungicides to control post-harvest rot in fruit and vegetables. The collective information in this review article covers a wide range of nanomaterials used to control post-harvest decays related to each selected fruit crop including grape, citrus, banana, apple, mango, peach, and nectarine. Other examples also used are apricot, guava, avocado, papaya, dragon, pear, longan, loquat, jujubes, and pomegranate fruits.
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Keywords:
nanomaterials; post-harvest diseases; nanotechnology; fruits
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Ruffo Roberto S, Youssef K, Hashim AF, Ippolito A. Nanomaterials as Alternative Control Means Against Postharvest Diseases in Fruit Crops. Nanomaterials. 2019; 9(12):1752. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9121752
Chicago/Turabian StyleRuffo Roberto, Sergio, Khamis Youssef, Ayat F. Hashim, and Antonio Ippolito. 2019. "Nanomaterials as Alternative Control Means Against Postharvest Diseases in Fruit Crops" Nanomaterials 9, no. 12: 1752. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano9121752
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