EFFECTIVE ALTERNATIVES FOR THE POSTHARVEST CONTROL OF IMAZALIL RESISTANT PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM STRAINS

Postharvest diseases control in Citrus is essential to maintain fruit quality during storage, overseas transport and selling. Green mold caused by Penicillium digitatum is one of the most important postharvest diseases. In Uruguay it has been controlled by synthetic fungicides. Fungicide resistant strains make it neccesary to develop new strategies to control postharvest decay in Citrus. In view of this situation, we attempted to develop an...