One potent lactic acid bacterial strain C14 with strong antifungal activity was isolated from homemade curd. Based on morphological as well as biochemical characters and 16S rDNA sequence homology the strain was identified as Lactobacillus fermentum. It displayed a wide antimicrobial spectrum against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative pathogenic bacteria, and also against number of food spoil...

Postharvest green mold, caused by the pathogen Penicillium digitatum (Pers.:Fr.) Sacc., is the most economically important postharvest disease of citrus fruits in Spain, areas with Mediterranean climate, and citrus production areas worldwide characterized by low summer rainfall. Economic losses due to this disease have been typically reduced through the application of synthetic chemical fungici...

The marketing of organic citrus fruit has markedly increased during the last few years. However, these fruits are not treated with chemical fungicides and suffer from relatively high rates of decay. In this study, we examined the possible use of a new hot water brushing (HWB) treatment, to disinfect the fruits and reduce decay development during postharvest storage. Preliminary observations hav...

Experiments reported independently by BIALE (1) and MILLER, WINSTON, and FISHER (8) revealed that the common green mold of citrus fruits, P. digitatum, produces a physiologically active emanation whose effects on plant tissue are the same as those caused by ethylene gas. It was shown by the latter authors and by BIALE and SHEPHERD (3) that this fungus produces this emanation whether grown on it...

Mexico is among the most important citrus fruit producers in world. However, during storage, several problems related to fungi can arise. The common fungal postharvest diseases detected on Citrus limon var Eureka (Italian lime) produced Tamaulipas state are green/blue mold (Penicillium spp.), fusarium rot (F. oxysporum, F. solani, proliferatum, others), and anthracnose (Colletotrichum spp.). In...