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A combination of cinnamaldehyde and citral greatly alleviates postharvest occurrence of sour rot in citrus fruits without compromising the fruit quality
One of the most troublesome postharvest diseases of citrus fruits is sour rot, caused by Geotrichum citri-aurantii. Sour rot reduces the shelf life of the fruits leading to massive economic losses. This study inv...
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Antifungal mechanism of sodium dehydroacetate against Geotrichum citri-aurantii
This study investigated the potential anti-fungal mechanisms of sodium dehydroacetate (SD) against Geotrichum citri-aurantii. The results showed that the cell wall integrity of G. citri-aurantii was not affected,...
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Octanal inhibits spore germination of Penicillium digitatum involving membrane peroxidation
Octanal is a potential alternative to chemical fungicides in controlling postharvest disease of citrus fruit. In this study, the antifungal activity and the underlying mechanism of octanal against spore germin...
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Plasma membrane damage contributes to antifungal activity of citronellal against Penicillium digitatum
The antifungal activity of citronellal, a typical terpenoid of plant essential oils, against Penicllium digitatum and the possible action mode involved were investigated. Results showed that the mycelial growth a...
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Open AccessTranscriptional profiling analysis of Penicillium digitatum, the causal agent of citrus green mold, unravels an inhibited ergosterol biosynthesis pathway in response to citral
Green mold caused by Penicillium digitatum is the most damaging postharvest diseases of citrus fruit. Previously, we have observed that citral dose-dependently inhibited the mycelial growth of P. digitatum, with ...
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Effect of octanal on the mycelial growth of Penicillium italicum and P. digitatum
The present study investigated the antifungal activity of octanal against Penicillium italicum and P. digitatum. Results showed that octanal exhibited strong antifungal activity against the test pathogens in a do...
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Carotenoid accumulation in postharvest “Cara Cara” navel orange (Citrus sinensis Osbeck) fruits stored at different temperatures was transcriptionally regulated in a tissue-dependent manner
The main objective of this work was to investigate the effect of storage temperature (4 and 20 °C) on carotenoid accumulation and on the expression levels of seven carotenoid biosynthetic genes (Psy, Pds, Zds, Lc...
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Functional characterization of Citrus PSY gene in Hongkong kumquat (Fortunella hindsii Swingle)
Citrus, rich in carotenoids, is the most important fruit crop based on the total annual production. In the carotenoid biosynthesis pathway, phytoene synthase (PSY, EC 2.5.1.32) catalyzes the dimerization of tw...
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Expression of phytoene synthase gene (Psy) is enhanced during fruit ripening of Cara Cara navel orange (Citrus sinensis Osbeck)
Citrus is an important fruit crop as regards accumulation of carotenoids. In plant carotenoid biosynthesis, phytoene synthase gene (Psy) plays a key role in catalyzing the head-to-head co...
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Extraction of High Quality of RNA and Construction of a Suppression Subtractive Hybridization (SSH) Library from Chestnut Rose (Rosa roxburghii Tratt)
Chestnut rose (Rosa roxburghii Tratt) is a rare fruit crop of promising economical importance in fruit and ornamental exploitation in China. Isolation of high quality RNA from chestnut rose is difficult due to it...
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An effective protocol for the isolation of RNA from the pulp of ripening citrus fruits
Isolating RNA is the primary step in the study of gene expression. However, isolating high-quality RNA from ripening citrus fruit tissue is difficult because of the high content of water, polysaccharides, and ...
