Control of Green Mold of Lemons withPseudomonasSpecies

摘要: Applications of Pseudomonas cepacia reduced postharvest green mold (Penicillium digitatum) by more than 80% in lemon fruit (Citrus limon) compared with controls. The bacterium grew rapidly wounds and caused no visible injury to the fruit. Decay was controlled if P. applied within 12 hr or less after inoculation. fungicides imazalil thiabendazole were better eradicants; they effective when 24 Other pseudomonads not as cepacia. Inhibition fungal growth vitro reportedly is antibiotic pyrrolnitrin(.)