1. Introduction
With increasing consumer concern over pesticides residues
on foods, along with pathogen resistance to many currently
used pesticides, there is an urgent need to search for
effective alternatives to control postharvest diseases of
fruits and vegetables. Chinese bayberry, strawberry and
blueberry are highly perishable soft fruit, susceptible to
mechanical injury, physiological deterioration, water loss
and microbiological decay. Grey mold rot, caused by
Botrytis cinerea Pers.: Fr infection, is the most economically
significant postharvest disease and the major factor
in limiting shelf life on strawberry and blueberry fruit
(Cappellini, Stretch, & Maiello, 1972; Garcia, Aguilera,