Synthetic fungicides are widely used in controlling postharvest diseases of fruits worldwide. The interest of finding natural bioactive components has increased due to the harmful effects of synthetic fungicides on ...

Cooking banana is a vegetable which can be stored for longer periods in intact form but undergoes browning soon after slicing. A study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of selected pretreatments in maintaining quality ...

Purpose: Stem-End Rot (SER) is one of the most frequently found mango postharvest diseases in many countries including Sri Lanka. Availability of a significantly detailed study on morphological and molecular characterization ...

Purpose: Stem-end rot (SER) is a major disease of mango that causes serious postharvest losses. Application of fungicides is environmentally unsound and is being practiced currently in its control. This study was conducted ...