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Postharvest diseases of bananas and their sustainable management

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This chapter discusses crown rot and anthracnose in detail, with a briefer coverage of the minor diseases such as mokillo fruit speckle, squirter and ceratocystis fruit stem-end rot. These diseases...
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This chapter discusses crown rot and anthracnose in detail, with a briefer coverage of the minor diseases such as mokillo fruit speckle, squirter and ceratocystis fruit stem-end rot. These diseases are discussed with regards to their causal agents, described and illustrated symptoms, disease cycle and epidemiology. In addition, a range of options for control are discussed as postharvest treatments play a crucial role in preserving fruits from decay and consequently from food waste. These treatments ought to be sustainable, environmental-friendly and cost-effective to meet consumer demands. Good management practices adhered to during cultivation, harvest, transportation to the packaging facilities, packing, refrigeration, ripening and commercialization can avoid pathogen infestation and proliferation. More recently, physical and biological control strategies have emerged as promising alternatives to the use of synthetic fungicides to reduce postharvest diseases, especially when combined with current good management practices. This is important as consumers are increasingly demanding fruit that is non-chemically treated and sustainably produced to secure food safety and environmental sustainability.

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Price: £25.00
Publisher: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
Imprint: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
Series: Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Publication Date: 11 March 2024
ISBN: 9781835451199
Format: eBook
BISACs:

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Pest Control, Pest control / plant diseases, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Horticulture, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Agronomy / Crop Science, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Sustainable Agriculture, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Tropical Agriculture, Commercial horticulture, Tropical agriculture, Sustainable agriculture, Agricultural science

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  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Crown rot
  • 3 Management of crown rot
  • 4 Anthracnose
  • 5 Management of anthracnose
  • 6 Other postharvest diseases: mokillo, fruit speckle, squirter and ceratocystis fruit stem-end rot
  • 7 Conclusion
  • 8 Acknowledgements
  • 9 Where to look for further information
  • 10 References