Effect of pre-harvest application with some organic acids and plant oils on antioxidant properties and resistance to Botrytis cinerea in pepper fruits

Pepper is planting widely in plastic houses and the fields; Botrytis cinerea infection starts in the field, but is strongly appear during storage. Results revealed that spraying pepper plants under plastic houses condition with salicylic, citric acids and clove or olive oils at different concentration (Salicylic acid at 8 mM and citric acid at 30 Mm, meanwhile clove and olive oils at rate 5 m/l) reduced development of grey mold on fruits during...