ABSTRACT Selected isolates of Aureobasidium pullulans, Rhodotorula glutinis, and Bacillus subtilis reduced the size and number of lesions on wounded apples caused by the postharvest pathogens Penicillium expansum, Botrytis cinerea, and Pezicula malicorticis. Combinations of the antagonistic microorganisms were applied to apple trees in the field late in the growing season of two consecutive yea...

In thermal imaging, the invisible radiation pattern of an object is converted into a visible image. This two-dimensional temperature mapping technique has potential for characterizing products during several operations of agricultural and food industries. Thermal imaging has been successfully adopted for studying plant physiology, irrigation scheduling, and yield forecasting in agricultural fie...

Four of five apple cultivars (Golden Delicious, Red Delicious, McIntosh, Macoun, and Melrose) inoculated with Escherichia coli O157:H7 promoted growth of the bacterium in bruised tissue independent of the date of harvest (i.e., degree of apple ripening) or the source of the apple (i.e., tree-picked or dropped fruit). Apple harvest for this study began 4 September 1998 and ended 9 October, with ...

Patulin is a mycotoxin produced by a wide range of molds involved mainly in apple spoilage and is a health concern primarily in fresh apple juice and cider. Patulin can lead to acute, but more commonly, chronic condition when consumed at levels greater than 50 ppb that is a current regulatory standard. The toxicity and high occurrence of patulin in apple cider/juice promoted to establish tolera...

some yeast species play important roles in biological control of some fruits’ post harvest infections. for instant, candida, rhodotorula and pichia species employed in biological control of such post harvest diseases as blue mold (penicillium expansum), and also grey mold (botrytis mali) in apple. species identification of yeasts is some most essential part of the related research activities. d...