Fruit and vegetable are an important part of the human diet
since they are a source of vitamins and minerals and contain
important compounds such as antioxidants. The increased
consumer awareness about the importance of a diet rich in these
products for human health is increasing their consumption and the
request for high quality and safe products free of pesticide
residues, toxins and harmful microorganism. Fruit and vegetables,
however, are highly perishable and losses caused mainly by fungal
pathogens can amount up to 25 and 50% of the total production in
industrialized and developing countries, respectively (Eckert and
Ogawa, 1985; Spadaro and Gullino, 2004). Furthermore, fungal
proliferation may result in the contamination of products with
mycotoxins (Wu et al., 2014). Currently, synthetic fungicides are a