Special Issue: “Biological Control of Pre- and Postharvest Fungal Diseases”
Publication date
2022-11-25ISSN
2311-7524
Abstract
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development planned 17 Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs) to ensure a better present and future for our planet and the people that
are living on it. The European Union joined Agenda 2030 and included some of them in
the Farm to Fork strategy of European Green Deal, which plans a list of measures within
2030, including reaching 25% of organic agriculture, halving food waste (often ascribed to
the postharvest decay of fruit and vegetables) and halving the use of synthetic pesticides.
Therefore, the need to find environmentally friendly and safe solutions and strategies for
the management of pre- and postharvest diseases can meet some of these requirements.
The Special Issue “Biological Control of Pre- and Postharvest Fungal Diseases” included
nine research articles and two reviews. All contributions provided potential alternatives to
synthetic pesticides by reporting innovative results about the use of alternative strategies to
synthetic pesticides, involving the use of biocontrol agents (BCAs), essential oils (EOs), basic
substances, and plant extracts to manage some of the most important pre- and postharvest
diseases of fresh fruit and vegetables.
Document Type
Article
Document version
Published version
Language
English
Subject (CDU)
632 - Plant damage, injuries. Plant diseases. Pests, organisms injurious to plants. Plant protection
Pages
3
Publisher
MDPI
Is part of
Horticulturae
Citation
Di Francesco, Alessandra, Gianfranco Romanazzi, and Rosario Torres. 2022. "Special Issue: “Biological Control Of Pre- And Postharvest Fungal Diseases”". Horticulturae 8 (12): 1107. doi:10.3390/horticulturae8121107
Program
Postcollita
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- ARTICLES CIENTÍFICS [2685]
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