Postharvest Diseases

Abstract

1 Postharvest Diseases Jerry Bartz, postharvest pathologist Postharvest Diseases • Plant pathology= diseases of plants • Plant disease = continuous malfunction caused by infection by a parasitic microbe. • Continuous malfunction and infection by a microbe differentiate postharvest diseases from defects related to physical injuries, growth abnormalities, injuries caused by harmful environments such as chilling, hypoxia, ethylene insensitivity, sun exposure, etc. • Postharvest diseases are those that appear and develop after harvest.