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 conditions¡Xsuch as yeast concentration, concentration of Fe2+ in the yeast culture medium, and inoculation time¡Xwere 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