Since strawberries, after harvest, are particularly perishable fruit, highly susceptible to B. cinerea infection, the aim of this work was overall to define a strawberry postharvest treatment based on AITC, a natural antimicrobial compound, able to reduce decay and to increase the fruit shelf-life.
In particular, the present study addressed the following objectives: (i) to determine the EC50 and EC95 of synthetic AITC on conidia germination and mycelial growth of B. cinerea; (ii) to evaluate in vivo the activity of synthetic or GLderivedAITC against B. cinerea on two naturally infected strawberry cultivars;(iii)to assessAITC residues on strawberry fruit after treatment; and (iv) to investigate the influence of AITC treatment on the
antioxidant capacity and (v) total phenols.