When applied alone or in combination with other treatments(such as microbial biocontrol agents), NaHCO3has beneficial effectson reducing the incidence of postharvest diseases. In a previousstudy, NaHCO3at 3% (w/v) proved to effectively reduce up to100% disease incidence of Penicillium digitatum on clementines and oranges (Youssef et al., 2014). Postharvest dip treatment in300 mM NaHCO3for 10 min not only reduced the lesion area fanthracnose on artificially inoculated banana fruits, but also significantly reduced natural infections of anthracnose, crown rot and blossom end rot in banana fruits (De Costa et al., 2012).