Chitosan as a Potential Postharvest Treatment for Minimizing Rotscausing Decay of some Vegetable Fruits
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Effects of Chitin and Its Derivative Chitosan on Postharvest Decay of Fruits: A Review
Considerable economic losses to harvested fruits are caused by postharvest fungal decay during transportation and storage, which can be significantly controlled by synthetic fungicides. However, considering public concern over pesticide residues in food and the environment, there is a need for safer alternatives for the control of postharvest decay to substitute synthetic fungicides. As the sec...
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Chitosan, a given name to a deacetylated form of chitin, is a natural biodegradable compound derived from crustaceous shells such as crabs and shrimps, whose main attributes corresponds to its polycationic nature. Chitosan has been proven to control numerous pre and postharvest diseases on various horticultural commodities. It has been reported that both soil and foliar plant pathogens fungal, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Plant Protection and Pathology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2090-3758
DOI: 10.21608/jppp.2018.44050