The apple (Malus × domestica Borkh.) cultivar (cv) ‘Golden Delicious’ is one of the most important apple varieties worldwide, and is widely cultivated for export of fruit to Europe and other countries. However,if damaged, the fruit becomes susceptible to opportunistic infection by postharvest phytopathogenssuch as Botrytis cinerea (gray mould) and Penicillium expansum (blue mould), which annually lead tolarge economic losses.