Cuticular wax is crucial for plant defense against biotic and abiotic stresses, but its relationship with resistance in strawberries is not well understood. A stable genetic mutant (MT) of 'Benihoppe' strawberries with a glossier leaf surface and stronger resistance was identified during...

Colletotrichum gloeosporioides is a fungal disease of strawberry fruit. Biocontrol strategies holds tremendous promise in alleviating fruit decay. Here, 30 actinomycetes were isolated from rhizosphere soil of Calotropis gigantea. A strain labeled with CG-G2 exhibited the strongest antagonistic...

Fungal diseases are major adverse factors leading to quality deterioration and spoilage of postharvest fruit. Hence, the exploration of safe and efficient measures to control fungal pathogens is crucial for the sustainable development of the fruit industry. In this study, it was found that Sapindus ...

Abscisic acid (ABA) positively regulates strawberry fruit ripening. ABA accumulation is tightly linked with 9-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase (NCED) expression, a gene that encodes for a key enzyme in the ABA synthesis pathway. In turn, WRKY transcription factors have been reported as one of the...

Strawberry fruit is susceptible to postharvest spoilage with a short shelf-life, and high-CO₂ treatment is an effective method to maintain the postharvest storage quality of fruit and vegetables. The aim of this study is to investigate the molecular mechanisms of high-CO₂ treatment delaying the...

Strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duch.) is susceptible to postharvest decay, and thus its storage and shelf life are limited. Thirty-one aquatic yeasts isolated from different regions were tested by the dual culture method to assess their potential to control gray mold of strawberry fruit, and the...

This study aimed to assess the influence of seaweed application in combination with different irrigation water levels on secondary compounds in strawberry fruits. To achieve this, four irrigation water levels (1-IR125: 125% of the control treatment; 2-IR100: the control treatment; 3-IR75: 75% of...

Poly (vinyl alcohol) (PVA) nanofibers (F_Water) and enriched with aqueous extracts of acai pulp (F_AP), cocoa shell (F_CS), jabuticaba peels (F_JP) and carrot residue (F_CR) were produced by solution blow spinning (SBS) and applied to strawberries. Nanofibers presented uniform morphology with diameters...

The mildew is a typical symptom of strawberries during storage. The effectiveness of intermittent high voltage electrostatic field combined with static magnetic field (HVEF-SMF) technique in inhibiting the mildew of strawberries (before and after simulation of transport vibrations) was...

Terpinen-4-ol has potent antifungal activity and controls decay in postharvest strawberry fruit. In order to overcome the unstable and volatile characteristics of terpinen-4-ol, a γ-cyclodextrin (γ-CD) metal-organic framework (MOF) with high porosity and large specific surface area was synthesized...