In this study, Penicillium digitatum, the causes of green mould disease of orange fruits, were isolated from infected fruit in Bam city. Antifungal activity of three different plant essential oils Eucalyptus camaldulensis, Zataria multiflora, Myrtus communis at 50, 100, 150 and 200 ppm concentration, have been evaluated. MIC (minimum inhibitory concentration) and growth inhibi...

Penicillium digitatum causes severe damage to postharvest and stored citrus fruits, making it necessary seek acceptable solutions limiting environmental sanitary impacts. The seaweed liquid extracts (SLEs) obtained from the green macroalgae Ulva lactuca have previously shown anti-fungal activities towards mold due P. digitatum. Moreover, treatment with aqueous ethanolic had an influence on dise...

BACKGROUND Small, cysteine-rich and cationic antifungal proteins (APs) from filamentous ascomycetes, such as NFAP from Neosartorya fischeri and PAF from Penicillium chrysogenum, are promising candidates for novel drug development. A prerequisite for their application is a detailed knowledge about their structure-function relation and mode of action, which would allow protein modelling to enhanc...

Sophora alopecuroides lectin (SAL), a novel lectin from the seeds of Sophora alopecuroides, was purified by ion-exchange chromatography on diethylaminoethyl (DEAE)- and carboxymethyl (CM)-Sepharose columns, followed by gel filtration on a Sephadex 75 10/300 GL column. SAL was found to be a monomer of 39916.3 Da, as determined by tricine-sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis...

Abstract As a famous fruit worldwide, citrus is susceptible to green mold caused by Penicillium digitatum, which causes large economic losses every year. ε-Poly-l-lysine (ε-PL) novel preservative with strong inhibitory effects on fungi, and has the capacity induce disease resistance in fruit, but mechanism been reported rarely, especially citrus. In present study, 800 μg/mL ε-PL P. digitatum sp...