Operative Group #fruitCARE: POST-HARVEST ANTIFUNGAL ALTERNATIVES

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[:is]In FruitCARE We analyze alternatives to pre-harvest fungicide treatments. But in addition, postharvest alternatives are of vital importance, since there are destinations for collecting stone fruit where the use of fludioxonil as an active ingredient is not authorized.

The stone fruit market ACOPAEX It covers the entire European continent, but there are an increasing number of destination countries in other continents such as America or Asia. The distance, measured in days of transit between the origin in our fruit and vegetable centers and the destination countries, ranges between 10 and 21 days. Faced with a possible inoculum present inside the prepared containers, those days of commercial life that are so long with bagged fruit and the changes in temperature at unloading and until arrival at the final consumer, pose a high risk of fungi and yeast proliferation.

Fludioxonil has been shown to be an effective active ingredient against the growth of the main causes of rot in stone fruit. However, its illegal use in some countries of destination and the fact that fludioxonil itself is currently on the list of phytosanitary candidates for substitution, means that we have to look for new effective and pesticide-free alternatives.

During this last phase of the project FruitCARE We are undertaking the necessary tests on stone fruit to verify if the alternative free of active ingredients (SaniFruit, Sani-FH, from the company SaniCitrus) is as effective as fludioxonil. To do this, we are conducting trials with plums and nectarines, using both options so that the results after emulating overseas shipments can be compared with each other and with the reference of the control fruit without antifungal treatment.

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