Special Issue "Explorations in Postharvest Diseases of Fruits and Vegetables"

A special issue of Horticulturae (ISSN 2311-7524). This special issue belongs to the section "Postharvest Biology, Quality, Safety, and Technology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2021.

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Igor Maksimov
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Institute of Biochemistry and genetics of the Ufa Federal Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 450054 Ufa, Russia
Interests: plant-growth promoting bacterium; plant defense; biocontrol; phytoimmunity; signalling systems; phytohormones; recombinant biopesticides; priming; systemic resistance; RNase; RNA-silencing
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Dr. Oksana Lastochkina
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Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics (IBG), Ufa Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences (UFRC RAS), 450059 Ufa, Russia
Interests: plant stress tolerance; abiotic stresses; salicy

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Postharvest diseases are one of the most acute problems of agriculture and food industries, significantly limiting production, marketing, and storage of fruits and vegetables leading to significant economic losses worldwide. Pathogens often infect plant organisms and live in their tissues without any typical disease symptoms at growing time and are not always visible at harvest, but may rapidly appear after harvesting and become the major decay factor reducing quality and shelf-life of fruits and vegetables. It is highly desirable to have an approach to the reduction of postharvest food losses that is novel, efficient, environmentally friendly, and bio-safe.

The purpose of this Special Issue on “Explorations in Postharvest Diseases of Fruits and Vegetables” is to present the latest scientific research findings dealing with various aspects of postharvest physiology of fruits and vegetables, tools, methods, and innovations that may be used to cope with postharvest diseases. You are invited to submit to this Special Issue your latest experimental articles and reviews, highlighting various aspects of postharvest physiology of fruits and vegetables, focusing on the main and other related topics.

Prof. Igor V. Maksimov
Dr. Oksana Lastochkina
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • postharvest diseases of fruits and vegetables
  • new strategies to cope with postharvest diseases
  • novel biological control agents
  • postharvest physiology and biochemistry
  • postharvest biocontrol products
  • microbial antagonists
  • plant–microbe interactions
  • stress resistance mechanisms
  • vegetable and fruit quality

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Assessing the Potential of the Terrestrial Cyanobacterium Anabaena minutissima for Controlling Botrytis cinerea on Tomato Fruits
Horticulturae 2021, 7(8), 210; https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae7080210 - 23 Jul 2021
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Cyanobacteria are oxygenic phototrophs that have an essential role in soil N2 fixation, fertility, and water retention. Cyanobacteria are also natural sources of bioactive metabolites beneficial to improve plant vigor and potentially active against fungal plant pathogens. Therefore, we studied the antifungal [...] Read more.
Cyanobacteria are oxygenic phototrophs that have an essential role in soil N2 fixation, fertility, and water retention. Cyanobacteria are also natural sources of bioactive metabolites beneficial to improve plant vigor and potentially active against fungal plant pathogens. Therefore, we studied the antifungal activity of water extract (WE) and phycobiliproteins (PBPs) from Anabaena minutissima strain BEA 0300B against the fungal plant pathogen Botrytis cinerea on tomato fruits and in vitro. The water extract and PBPs were characterized by using FT-IR and FT-Raman spectroscopies. Both water extract (5 mg/mL) and PBPs (ranged from 0.3 to 4.8 mg/mL) reduced disease incidence and disease severity on tomato fruits and mycelium growth and colony forming units in vitro. For mycelium growth, a linear PBP dose-response was found. Tomato fruits were also characterized by FT-IR and FT-Raman spectroscopies in order to evaluate structural modifications induced by pathogen and PBP treatment. PBPs preserved cutin and pectin structures by pathogen challenge. In conclusion, A. minutissima can be considered a potential tool for future large-scale experiments for plant disease control. Full article
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Efficacy of Orange Essential Oil and Citral after Exposure to UV-C Irradiation to Inhibit Penicillium digitatum in Navel Oranges
Horticulturae 2020, 6(4), 102; https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae6040102 - 14 Dec 2020
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The effect of UV-C irradiation on antifungal properties of orange essential oil (EO) against Penicillium digitatum in inoculated Navel oranges was examined. The UV-C irradiation of orange EO resulted in a 20% loss of the major constituent, limonene, and the generation of three [...] Read more.
The effect of UV-C irradiation on antifungal properties of orange essential oil (EO) against Penicillium digitatum in inoculated Navel oranges was examined. The UV-C irradiation of orange EO resulted in a 20% loss of the major constituent, limonene, and the generation of three hydroperoxide oxidation products, (2S,4R)-p-mentha-6,8-diene-2-hydroperoxide,(1S,4R)-p-mentha-2,8-diene-1-hydroperoxide, and (1R,4R)-p-mentha-2,8-diene-1-hydroperoxide. The P. digitatum growth in oranges dipped in non-irradiated orange EO at 1000–4000 µL L−1 was not significantly different to control the fruit. Dipping in UV-C treated orange EO inhibited the growth of P. digitatum with 4000 µL L−1 having the greatest effect. No phytotoxic injury to the rind was observed at any concentration. Citral, as a known antifungal chemical, was included for comparison. The non-irradiated citral (1000 µL L−1) was more effective than irradiated orange EO, but elicited rind phytotoxicity. The irradiated citral was less effective in inhibiting P. digitatum growth with the loss of citral, but not hydroperoxide formation. These results suggest UV-C irradiated orange EO as a potential alternative to synthetic fungicides to inhibit P. digitatum decay. The source of orange EO could be waste flavedo generated by the orange juice processing industry. Full article
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