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A solid reference for those seeking an understanding and control of postharvest decay

Table of Contents

1. Rhizopus stolonifer (soft rot)   Silvia Bautista-Banos, Elsa Bosquez-Molina, and Laura L. Barrera-Necha

2. Penicillium digitatum, Penicillium italicum in citrus fruit (green mold, blue mold)   Lluís Palou

3. Crown rot disease of bananas   Ludivine Lassois and Luc de Lapeyre de Bellaire

4. Botrytis cinerea (gray mold)   Gianfranco Romanazzi and Erica Feliziani

5. Alternaria alternata (black rot, black spot)  Rosalba Troncoso Rojas and Martin Ernesto Tiznado-Hernandez

6. Penicillium expansum (blue mold)   Deena Errampalli

7. Monilinia fructicola, Monilinia laxa (Monilinia rot, brown rot)   Camilla Martini and Marta Mari

8. Aspergillus sp.   Maribel Plascencia-Jatomea, Maria Susana Yepiz Gomez, and John Martin Velez Haro

9. Thielaviopsis paradoxa, Thielaviopsis basicola (black rot, black root rot)   Ilmi Ganga Namali Hewajulige and R.L.C. Wijesundera

10. Lasiodiplodia theobromae in citrus fruit (Diplodia stem-end rot)   Jiuxu Zhang

11. Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (anthracnose)   Yasmeen Siddiqui and Asgar Ali

About the Author

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.