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Postharvest Disease Management

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Handbook of Florists' Crops Diseases

Part of the book series: Handbook of Plant Disease Management ((HPDM))

Abstract

Pre- and postharvest disease control for ornamental plants is mainly provided via fungicide or bactericide application. However, disease control with conventional chemical compounds carries the risk of resistance development by new pathogen races. Additionally, there is increasing public concern over fungicide usage in terms of human and environmental risk. For this reason, and over the past 20 years, researchers developed novel postharvest disease management strategies for cut flowers and other ornamentals. For example, the generally recognized as safe host defense inducers may provide an alternative solution to socially and environmentally less desirable control using conventional fungicides. There are also various biological agents and microorganisms that affect disease development via antagonism and, in many cases, help in integrated disease management (IDM) strategies. However, most of those biotic and/or abiotic agents have not yet been put into practice by growers, who merely rely on chemical control. The current chapter offers an overview on postharvest disease management of various pathogens infecting ornamental plants and cut flowers.

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Darras, A.I. (2016). Postharvest Disease Management. In: McGovern, R., Elmer, W. (eds) Handbook of Florists' Crops Diseases. Handbook of Plant Disease Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32374-9_11-1

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