This collection of papers includes some of the presentation
given at the International congress of Plant Pathology held in
Beijing in 2013 in the session of Recent Development in Postharvest
Pathology. Fruit production for human consumption is an important
part of the market economy. Any waste during to spoilage and pest
infestation, in the field and the postharvest phase, results in
significant economic losses which are more pronounced as the losses
occur closer to the time of produce sale. Careful handling of
perishable produce is needed for the prevention of postharvest
diseases at different stages during harvesting. Handling, transport
and storage in order to preserve the high quality produce. The
extent of postharvest losses varies markedly depending on the
commodities and country estimated to range between 4 and 8% in
countries where postharvest refrigeration facilities are well
developed to 30% where facilities are minimal. Microbial decay is
one of the main factors that determine losses compromising the
quality of the fresh produce. For the development of an integrated
approach for decay management, cultural, preharvest, harvest and
postharvest practices should be regarded as essential components
that influence the complex interactions between host, pathogen, and
environmental conditions. Orchards practices including preharvest
fungicide applications can also directly reduce the development of
postharvest fruit decay. Among postharvest practices, postharvest
fruit treatments with fungicide are the most effective means to
reduce decay. Ideally, these fungicides protect the fruit from
infections that occur before treatment, including pathogen causing
quiescent infections, as well from infection that are initiated
after treatment during postharvest handling, shipment and
marketing. The implementation of these alternatives techniques
often requires modifying currently used postharvest practices and
development of new formulation for their applications.
The present chapters deal with the newest report related to
postharvest pathology in the world.
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