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Sodium bicarbonate salts for the control of postharvest black rot disease in yellow pitahaya (Selenicereus megalanthus)
2018-12-01
Abstract excerpt
Black rot caused by Alternaria alternata in yellow pitahaya (Selenicereus megalanthus) is a significant postharvest disease that is difficult to control. Sodium bicarbonate (SBC) treatments were tested in order to incorporate them into an integrated disease management program and to reduce postharvest use of synthetic fungicide. The control of black rot on fruit treated with 298 mM (2.5%) sodium bicarbonate (SBC)...
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- Literature Corpus work
- c0e047a3-7a73-584f-b365-0c7c95ab04b5
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.cropro.2018.08.021
