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Peach Brown Rot: Still in Search of an Ideal Management Option

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  • Vitus Ikechukwu Obi

    (Experimental Station of Aula Dei-CSIC, Avda de Montañana 1005, 50059 Zaragoza, Spain
    AgriFood Institute of Aragon (IA2), CITA-Universidad de Zaragoza, 50013 Zaragoza, Spain)

  • Juan José Barriuso

    (AgriFood Institute of Aragon (IA2), CITA-Universidad de Zaragoza, 50013 Zaragoza, Spain)

  • Yolanda Gogorcena

    (Experimental Station of Aula Dei-CSIC, Avda de Montañana 1005, 50059 Zaragoza, Spain)

Abstract

The peach is one of the most important global tree crops within the economically important Rosaceae family. The crop is threatened by numerous pests and diseases, especially fungal pathogens, in the field, in transit, and in the store. More than 50% of the global post-harvest loss has been ascribed to brown rot disease, especially in peach late-ripening varieties. In recent years, the disease has been so manifest in the orchards that some stone fruits were abandoned before harvest. In Spain, particularly, the disease has been associated with well over 60% of fruit loss after harvest. The most common management options available for the control of this disease involve agronomical, chemical, biological, and physical approaches. However, the effects of biochemical fungicides (biological and conventional fungicides), on the environment, human health, and strain fungicide resistance, tend to revise these control strategies. This review aims to comprehensively compile the information currently available on the species of the fungus Monilinia , which causes brown rot in peach, and the available options to control the disease. The breeding for brown rot-resistant varieties remains an ideal management option for brown rot disease control, considering the uniqueness of its sustainability in the chain of crop production.

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  • Vitus Ikechukwu Obi & Juan José Barriuso & Yolanda Gogorcena, 2018. "Peach Brown Rot: Still in Search of an Ideal Management Option," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 8(8), pages 1-34, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jagris:v:8:y:2018:i:8:p:125-:d:162923
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