Postharvest Diseases Management of Citrus in Italy: Current Status and New Strategies
The most common and serious diseases which affect citrus fruit in Italy, after harvest, are green and blue mold, incited respectively by Penicillium digitatum Sacc. and Ualicum Weh. Current post harvest decay control strategies, at practical level, are based on chemical fungicides. The use of chemical fungicides for postharvest disease control is under close scrutiny, due to growing consumer concern about pesticide residues, along with the development of pathogen resistance to approved pesticides. Therefore, there is an emerging interest to develop safer alternative measures for decay control. This paper addresses an overview on the effectiveness of some of the novel approaches emerging in this area, with special emphasis on our Institutes findings. The enhancement of host defense mechanisms at the wound site, holding fruit at temperatures and humidity conducive to wound healing and detrimental to the pathogen development (curing), the utilization of hot water treatments (hot water dipping and short hot water brushing) , the applications of the generally recognized as safe compounds (GRAS) , applied in cleaning operations, biocontrol yeasts, the new reduced-risk fungicide fludioxonil, and the advantages of integrated strategies (IPM)to improve disease control, have been evaluated on lemon and orange fruits. Potential benefits, disadvantages and commercial feasibility of these new approaches will be discussed.
Citrus limon Citrus sinensis Free-residue compounds Integrated approaches Curing Reduced-risk fungicide
G. Lanza E. di Martino Aleppo M. C. Strano M. Calandra V. Aloisi D. Privitera
CRA- Centra di Ricerca per rAgrumicoltura e le Colture Mediterranee, Corso Savoia, 190, 95024 Acireale, Italy
国际会议
11th International Citrus Congress(第11届国际柑橘大会)
武汉
英文
1281-1287
2008-10-01（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）