Post-Harvest Botrytis Infection: Etiology, Development and Management

摘要: Botrytis is regarded as the most important post-harvest fungal pathogen that causes significant losses in fresh fruits, vegetables and ornamentals. Its ability to attack a wide range of crops variety modes infection its develop under conditions prevailing during storage, shipment marketing make control challenge. Harvested are particularly vulnerable because unlike vegetative tissue harvested commodities senescing rather than developing. Control on has relied mainly pre-harvest chemical fungicides for reducing inoculum density incipient infections before harvest. programmes were developed specifically each crop largely depend epidemiological etiological information. The future many these chemicals, however, now doubtful their use come scrutiny. This due severe restrictions regulations imposed especially treatments majority freshly fruits vegetables. To better more efficient methods controlling rot it essential understand relationship between various plant parts field incidence grey mould storage. still not been fully elucidated tomato, kiwifruit, strawberry, grapes roses. These discussed this chapter examples different research strategies tackle problem. It concluded based holistic which incorporate modelling prediction systems, early detection techniques, biological physical methods, cultural practices, should be tailored meet demands crop.