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Title:
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Identification of fungal population in the environment and on surfaces of stone fruit packinghouses
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Author:
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Bernat Martínez, Maria Dolores; Segarra Bofarull, Joan; Casals Rosell, Carla; Torres, R.; Teixidó i Espasa, Neus; Usall i Rodié, Josep
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Notes:
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In the present work, the fungal population
present in the environment and on surfaces of equipment
and facilities was determined and quantified in two
stone fruit packinghouses during 2012 and 2013. The
fungi present in the environment were sampled according
to the gravimetric method. The fungi present on the
surfaces of floors, walls, containers and lines were sampled
with Rodac plates. Dirty zones (reception of fruits
and first selection) were more contaminated than clean
zones (washing of fruits, lines and containers), even
though in the shipping room the presence of different
fungi was high. The most prevalent genera recovered in
both packinghouses and in all zones were Penicillium
spp. followed by Cladosporium spp. The presence of
Rhizopus spp. was also highly detected in all zones,
which could result in new postharvest infections.
Moreover, Monilinia spp., the most important postharvest
disease on stone fruit, was rarely detected, indicating
the low risk of fruit infection in packinghouses.
This study was supported by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Government of Spain) with project AGL2011-30472-C02-02, by a PhD grant BES-2012- 059949 for Maria Bernat and by “CERCA Programme / Generalitat de Catalunya”. |
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Subject(s):
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-Brown rot
-Rhizopus rot
-Cladiosporum spp
-Penicillium spp
-Infection risk |
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Rights:
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(c) Koninklijke Nederlandse Planteziektenkundige Vereniging, 2016
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Document type:
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article
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Published by:
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Springer Netherlands
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