Includes bibliographical reference and index.

1: Molecular mechanism of a Rab/GTPase family genes Bcsas1 in pathogenicity of Botrytis cinerea -- 2: pH modulation of host environment, a general mechanism modulating fugal attack in postharvest pathogen interactions -- 3: Exploring regulatory mechanisms of ambient pH on pathogenicity of postharvest pathogens using proteomics -- 4: The role of ROS ins ASM-induced disease resistance in Fuji Apples -- 5: Anthracnose and stem-end rots of tropical and subtropical fruit-new names for old foes -- 6: Preharvest management strategies for postharvest disease control in mango -- 7: Postharvest control of gray mold on blueberry based on critical growth stages and infections risk estimations -- 8: Improving radio frequency treatment for the control of stone fruit rots -- 9: Use of essential oil to control postharvest rots on apples and peaches -- 10: Pichia anomala and Candida oeophila in biocontrol of postharvest diseases of fruits:20 years of fundamental and practical research -- 11: Fungicide resistance in fruit of postharvest pathogens.

As a collection of papers that includes material present at the 2013 International Congress for Plant Pathology, this text features research right at the leading edge of the field. The findings are crucial in their implications for fruit production; an important marker sector where in some areas up to 50 percent of the crop can be lost after harvest. While postharvest fruit treatments with fungicides are the most effective means to reduce decay, rising concerns about toxicity and resistance. This has led to the development of alternative approaches for disease control, including biological control methods, the subject of some of the chapters of this book. With several new techniques requiring modification of the current postharvest practices, it is more important than ever to test new approaches as radio frequency and essential oils. Other chapters deal with the mechanism of host fruit and vegetable resistance and host response, fungal pathogenicity factors and their relationship with the host response. Special attention was given to the mechanism of pH regulation of pathogenicity by postharvest pathogens.