TITLE Yeast application for controlling apple postharvest diseases associated with Penicillium expansum1
AUTHOR Dan He
College of Biosystem Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, 310029, Zhejiang, P.R. China
Xiao-Dong Zheng*
College of Biosystem Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, 310029, Zhejiang, P.R. China
Yuan-Ming Yin
College of Biosystem Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, 310029, Zhejiang, P.R. China
Ping Sun
College of Biosystem Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, 310029, Zhejiang, P.R. China
Hong-Yin Zhang
College of Biosystem Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, 310029, Zhejiang, P.R. China
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ABSTRACT Penicillium expansum is one of the main pathogens causing decay in fruits and vegetables. In recent years, researchers have discovered that some yeasts have antagonism against Penicillium expansum. In this study, two species of yeast that can biocontrol apple diseases caused by Penicillium expansum were discovered. At the same time, the antagonistic conditionsˇXsuch as yeast concentration, concentration of Fe2+ in the yeast culture medium, and inoculation timeˇXwere preliminarily studied, and the best conditions for yeast antagonism were determined.
KEYWORD Apple; Biocontrol; Yeast;
ARTICLE INFO Botanical Bulletin of Academia Sinica, Volume 44 Number 3 July 2003, page 211-216, 6 pages
PUBLISHER Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China