Considerable post harvest losses of fruit are brought
about by decay caused by fungal plant pathogens and
hence inhibiting the growth of fungi has great significance
in post harvest fruit, but in recent years, the use of
synthetic fungicides has increased consumer concern
and their use is becoming more restrictive due to
carcinogenic effects, residual toxicity problems, environmental
pollution, occurrence of microbial resistance and
high inputs (Diánez et al., 2002; Marín et al., 2003; RialOtero
et al., 2005).