Pineapple can be affected by fruit collapse, a disease caused the bacterium Dickeya zeae. However, adequate fertilization increase fruit’s resistance to this illness. Therefore, impact of preharvest foliar calcium and silicon on pineapple quality collapse incidence was assessed in study. The experiment implemented split-plot design with two factors. first factor has terms inoculation (flower in...

Muscadine grapes are high in phytochemicals beneficial to humans, such as resveratrol and ellagic acid. Four studies were conducted to explore the relationship between phytochemical content, berry quality, and disease control following full season or early season applications of fungicides. In each study foliar and fruit diseases were lower in the full season treatment compared to the control, ...

Difenoconazole was a triazole fungicide with proven bio-efficacy which leads to morphological and functional changes in the fungal cell membrane. In this work, field trials were conducted in three apple orchards. Sampling methods were improved in both the terminal residual and dissipation experiments. Residual data were analyzed and results showed that, at both recommended rates with 3 times ap...

Aflatoxins, metabolites of the fungus Aspergillus flavus, are potent liver toxins and carcinogens in animals, and may also be human carcinogens. Although aflatoxin contamination in corn is uncommon in Kentucky, occasional incidents do occur and can create significant economic losses for individual producers. Of all the known mycotoxins (toxic substances produced by fungi), aflatoxins in corn an...

Escherichia coli O157:H7 is a major food safety concern for the beef industry. Several studies have provided evidence that cattle hides are the main source of beef carcass contamination during processing and that reductions in the E. coli O157:H7 load on the hides of cattle entering processing facilities will lead to reductions in carcass contamination. Bacteriophages have been proposed as a no...

Escherichia coli O157:H7 is a major food safety concern for the beef industry. Several studies have provided evidence that cattle hides are the main source of beef carcass contamination during processing and that reductions in the E. coli O157:H7 load on the hides of cattle entering processing facilities will lead to reductions in carcass contamination. Bacteriophages have been proposed as a no...