Hot water treatment can be
applied effectively to suppress certain important postharvest
pathogens in a number of fruits, such as Penicillium expansum on
pears (Zhang et al., 2008), Penicillium digitatum Sacc. on lemon
fruits (Nafussi et al., 2001), C. gloeosporioides on papaya fruits and C. gloeosporioides on mango fruits