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Application of Certain Compounds to Manage Postharvest Gray Mold Caused by Botrytis cinerea and Enhancing Strawberry Fruits Quality

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Plant Pathology

Abstract

Effects of pre-and postharvest treatments with potassium phosphite, potassium phosphate, and salicylic acid against the severity of gray mold disease (Botrytis cinerea) in strawberry fruits were investigated under ambient conditions. Seven B. cinerea isolates were collected from naturally infected strawberry plants and the isolate with the highest ability to cause disease was chosen for the in vitro and in vivo studies. The results showed that the treatment with potassium phosphite at concentration of 500 mg/L significantly reduced the fungal growth compared with other treatments in vitro. Also, the treatments of strawberry plants with potassium phosphite at concentrations of 250 or 500 mg/L resulted in the highest disease reduction, followed by the treatment with salicylic acid. Additionally, effects of postharvest treatments with these chemical compounds on disease reduction and biochemical attributes of strawberry fruits were evaluated during storage for 9 days at room temperature. The highest disease reduction percentage was found for strawberry fruits treated with potassium phosphite. Besides, the phenolics content and peroxidase activity of the infected and potassium phosphate treated strawberry fruits were found to be greater than those of the infected and potassium phosphite or salicylic acid treated ones at the end of storage. However, a reduction in the total soluble solids, titratable acids, and ascorbic acid contents of strawberry fruits was found for all treatment groups at the end of storage. Based on the obtained results, potassium phosphite and salicylic acid can be recommended as fungicide alternatives for extending postharvest shelf life of strawberry fruits.

DOI

10.21608/ajas.2022.113896.1083

Keywords

strawberry, Botrytis cinerea, Postharvest, peroxidase, ascorbic acid

Authors

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Hussein

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Affiliation

Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Aswan University

Email

mmon3m@gmail.com

City

Aswan

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First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Saleh

MiddleName

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Affiliation

Food Science and Technology Dept., Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University.

Email

ahmed.saleh@aun.edu.eg

City

Assiut

Orcid

0000-0002-8616-3729

First Name

Osama

Last Name

Abdalla

MiddleName

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Affiliation

Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University.

Email

oabdelhakm@yahoo.com

City

Assiut

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Volume

52

Article Issue

5

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32024

Issue Date

2021-12-01

Receive Date

2021-12-31

Publish Date

2021-12-01

Page Start

191

Page End

208

Print ISSN

1110-0486

Online ISSN

2356-9840

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https://ajas.journals.ekb.eg/article_231400.html

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https://ajas.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=231400

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Original Article

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62

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Journal

Publication Title

Assiut Journal of Agricultural Sciences

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https://ajas.journals.ekb.eg/

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Application of Certain Compounds to Manage Postharvest Gray Mold Caused by Botrytis cinerea and Enhancing Strawberry Fruits Quality

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Created At

22 Jan 2023