How Does Host Carbon Concentration Modulate the Lifestyle of Postharvest Pathogens during Colonization?

Postharvest pathogens can penetrate fruit by breaching the cuticle or directly through wounds, remain quiescent and they show disease symptoms only long after infection. During ripening and senescence, the fruit undergo physiological processes accompanied by a decline in antifungal compounds, which...

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Main Authors: Dov B. Prusky, Fangcheng Bi, Shiri Barad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2016.01306/full