scholarly journals Production of patulin by various isolates of Penicillium expansum (Link) Thom

2013 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-242
Author(s):  
M. Pytel ◽  
H. Borecka
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Medium ◽  
Cold Storage ◽  
Penicillium Expansum ◽  
Growth Production ◽  
Apple Tissue ◽  
Fungus Growth

The production of patulin by fourteen isolates of <i>Penicillium expansum</i> (Link) Thorn was studied. The fungus was isolated from apples, pears and air in cold storage rooms in Poland. Different isolates of fungus produced from 268 to 2225 µg/ml patulin into the liquid medium. The productivity of the isolates depends on the source of carbon in the medium and temperature during fungus growth. Production of patulin was not correlated with the pathogenicity of the fungus isolate. The fungus produces less patulin when growing on apple tissue than on Czapek liquid medium.

scholarly journals New Isolated Metschnikowia pulcherrima Strains from Apples for Postharvest Biocontrol of Penicillium expansum and Patulin Accumulation

Toxins ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 397
Author(s):  
Laura Settier-Ramírez ◽  
Gracia López-Carballo ◽  
Pilar Hernández-Muñoz ◽  
Angélique Fontana ◽  
Caroline Strub ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Medium ◽  
Fungal Growth ◽  
Its Region ◽  
Antagonistic Activity ◽  
Penicillium Expansum ◽  
Metschnikowia Pulcherrima ◽  
Potential Activity ◽  
Different Strains ◽  
Main Producer

Wild yeasts isolated from the surface of apples were screened for antagonistic activity against Penicillium expansum, the main producer of the mycotoxin patulin. Three antagonistic yeasts (Y33, Y29 and Y24) from a total of 90 were found to inhibit P. expansum growth. Identification by ITS region sequence and characterization showed that three selected isolates of yeast should be different strains of Metschnikowia pulcherrima. Several concentrations of the selected yeasts were used to study their in vitro antifungal effectivity against P. expansum on Petri dishes (plates with 63.6 cm2 surface) whereas their potential activity on patulin reduction was studied in liquid medium. Finally, the BCA that had the best in vitro antifungal capacity against P. and the best patulin degradation capacity was selected to be assessed directly on apples. All the selected strains demonstrated antifungal activity in vitro but the most efficient was the strain Y29. Isolated strains were able to reduce patulin content in liquid medium, Y29 being the only strain that completely reduced patulin levels within 120 h. The application of Y29 as biocontrol agent on the surface of apples inoculated with P. expansum, inhibited fungal growth and patulin production during storage. Therefore, the results shown that this yeast strain could be used for the reduction of P. expansum and its mycotoxin in apples or apple-based products by adapting the procedure application.

scholarly journals Effects of 1-Methylcyclopropene and Heat Treatments on Ripening and Postharvest Decay in `Golden Delicious' Apples

2003 ◽  
Vol 128 (1) ◽  
pp. 120-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert A. Saftner ◽  
Judith A. Abbott ◽  
William S. Conway ◽  
Cynthia L. Barden
Keyword(s):  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Cold Storage ◽  
Ethylene Production ◽  
Titratable Acidity ◽  
Heat Treatments ◽  
Penicillium Expansum ◽  
Colletotrichum Acutatum ◽  
Peel Color ◽  
Golden Delicious ◽  
Force Profile

Prestorage heat, CA storage, and pre- and poststorage treatments with the ethylene action inhibitor, 1-methylcyclopropene (MCP), were tested for their efficacy at inhibiting fungal decay and maintaining quality in `Golden Delicious' apples [Malus sylvestris (L.) Mill. Yellow Delicious Group] stored 0 to 5 months at 0 °C and 7 days at 20 °C. Before storage in air at 0 °C, preclimacteric fruit were treated with either MCP at a concentration of 1 μL·L-1 for 17 hours at 20 °C, 38 °C air for 4 days, MCP plus heat, or left untreated. Some sets of untreated fruit were stored in a controlled atmosphere of 1.5 kPa O2 and 2.5 kPa CO2 at 0 °C while other sets were removed from cold storage in air after 2.5 or 5 months, warmed to 20 °C, and treated with 1 μL·L-1 MCP for 17 hours. Prestorage MCP, heat, MCP plus heat treatments and CA storage decreased decay severity caused by wound-inoculated Penicillium expansum Link, Botrytis cinerea Pers.:Fr., and Colletotrichum acutatum Simmonds (teleomorph Glomerella acutata J.C. Guerber & J.C. Correll sp.nov.). Poststorage MCP treatment had no effect on decay severity. Both prestorage MCP treatment and CA storage delayed ripening as indicated by better retention of green peel color, titratable acidity, and Magness-Taylor flesh firmness, and the reduced respiration, ethylene production rates, and volatile levels that were observed upon transferring the fruit to 20 °C. The prestorage MCP treatment delayed ripening more than CA storage. Following 5 months cold storage, the prestorage MCP treatment maintained the shape of the compression force/deformation curve compared with that of fruit at harvest, as did CA storage, but at a lower force profile. The heat treatment had mixed effects on ripening: it hastened loss of green peel color and titratable acidity, but maintained firmness and delayed increases in respiration, ethylene production and volatile levels following cold storage. The MCP plus heat treatment inhibited ripening more than heat treatment alone but less than MCP treatment alone. In one of 2 years, the MCP plus heat treatment resulted in superficial injury to some of the fruit. Results indicated that MCP may provide an effective alternative to CA for reducing decay severity and maintaining quality during postharvest storage of `Golden Delicious' apples. Prestorage heat to control decay and maintain quality of apples needs further study, especially if used in combination with MCP.

Patulin Production in Apples Stored in a Controlled Atmosphere

1975 ◽  
Vol 58 (5) ◽  
pp. 912-914 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Lovett ◽  
Ruben G Thompson ◽  
Brenda K Boutin
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Thin Layer ◽  
Ethyl Acetate ◽  
Penicillium Expansum ◽  
Controlled Atmosphere ◽  
Atmospheric Conditions ◽  
Naturally Occurring ◽  
Apple Tissue ◽  
Layer Chromatography ◽  
Ethyl Acetate Extracts

Abstract Red Delicious apples were inoculated with Penicillium expansum NRRL 973 or P. expansutn 1071 (fresh apple isolate), and incubated in air at 33°F and in a controlled atmosphere of 1% carbon dioxide, 3% oxygen, and 96% nitrogen at 33°F. Both fungal strains produced the carcinogen, patulin, in the air-incubated lots, but only the freshly isolated strain (1071) produced detectable patulin in controlled atmosphere lots. Thin layer chromatography was used to assay ethyl acetate extracts of juice pressed from blended apple tissue. We conclude that naturally occurring P. expansum strains are capable of producing significant levels of patulin in apples stored from 3 to 6 months under controlled atmospheric conditions.

scholarly journals Survival and Growth of Listeria monocytogenes on Fresh-Cut Apple Slices and Its Interaction with Glomerella cingulata and Penicillium expansum

Plant Disease ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 84 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
William S. Conway ◽  
Britta Leverentz ◽  
Robert A. Saftner ◽  
Wojciech J. Janisiewicz ◽  
Carl E. Sams ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Listeria Monocytogenes ◽  
Storage Temperature ◽  
Penicillium Expansum ◽  
Controlled Atmosphere ◽  
Glomerella Cingulata ◽  
Food Borne ◽  
Apple Slices ◽  
Apple Tissue ◽  
Fresh Cut ◽  
Pathogen Populations

The food-borne human pathogen Listeria monocytogenes survived and its populations increased on cv. Delicious apple slices at 10 or 20°C in air or controlled atmosphere of 0.5% O2 and 15% CO2, but did not grow at 5°C. Controlled atmosphere had no significant effect on the survival or growth of L. monocytogenes. The pathogen populations declined over time when grown in various concentrations of apple juice and the decline was greater as the concentration of the juice decreased. Populations of L. monocytogenes inoculated into decayed apple tissue continually increased on fruit decayed by Glomerella cingulata but did not survive after 5 days on fruit decayed by Penicillium expansum. The pH of the decayed area declined from pH 4.7 to 3.7 in the case of P. expansum, but in the case of G. cingulata the pH increased from pH 4.7 to 7.0. This pH modification may be responsible for affecting the growth of the food-borne pathogen. Storage temperature, as well as the absence of postharvest pathogens such as G. cingulata, is important for maintaining the safety of fresh-cut apples.

scholarly journals Ultrastructural and Cytochemical Aspects of the Biological Control of Botrytis cinerea by Candida saitoana in Apple Fruit

1998 ◽  
Vol 88 (4) ◽  
pp. 282-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed El-Ghaouth ◽  
Charles L. Wilson ◽  
Michael Wisniewski
Keyword(s):  
Host Cell ◽  
Botrytis Cinerea ◽  
Cell Walls ◽  
Close Contact ◽  
Defense Responses ◽  
Apple Fruit ◽  
Penicillium Expansum ◽  
Fungal Colonization ◽  
Biocontrol Activity ◽  
Apple Tissue

Biocontrol activity of Candida saitoana and its interaction with Botrytis cinerea in apple wounds were investigated. When cultured together, yeast attached to Botrytis sp. hyphal walls. In wounded apple tissue, C. saitoana restricted the proliferation of B. cinerea, multiplied, and suppressed disease caused by either B. cinerea or Penicillium expansum. In inoculated apple tissue without the yeast, fungal colonization caused an extensive degradation of host walls and altered cellulose labeling patterns. Hyphae in close proximity to the antagonistic yeast exhibited severe cytological injury, such as cell wall swelling and protoplasm degeneration. Colonization of the wound site by C. saitoana did not cause degradation of host cell walls. Host cell walls in close contact with C. saitoana cells and B. cinerea hyphae were well preserved and displayed an intense and regular cellulose labeling pattern. In addition to restricting fungal colonization, C. saitoana induced the formation of structural defense responses in apple tissue. The ability of C. saitoana to prevent the necrotrophic growth of the pathogen and stimulate structural defense responses may be the basis of its biocontrol activity.

scholarly journals Biocontrol of postharvest decay using a new strain of Pseudomonas syringae CPA-5 in different cultivars of pome fruits

2008 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 56 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. NUNES ◽  
J. USALL ◽  
N. TEIXIDÓ
Keyword(s):  
Pseudomonas Syringae ◽  
Cold Storage ◽  
High Capacity ◽  
Storage Conditions ◽  
Antagonistic Activity ◽  
Penicillium Expansum ◽  
Rhizopus Stolonifer ◽  
Pome Fruits ◽  
Golden Delicious ◽  
Micro Organisms

Epiphytic micro-organisms isolated from fruits and leaves surfaces of apples from different orchards were screened for antagonistic activity against Penicillium expansum. From all micro-organisms tested the new strain CPA-5 of Pseudomonas syringae, isolated from organic orchard, was selected. This strain was very effective against Botrytis cinerea, P. expansum and Rhizopus stolonifer at various antagonist and pathogen concentrations on ‘Golden Delicious’ apple, and ‘Blanquilla’, ‘Rocha’ and ‘Conference’ pear. Under cold storage conditions and in semi-commercial trials P. syringae (CPA-5) significantly reduced development of P. expansum and B. cinerea on ‘Golden Delicious’ apple, and ‘Blanquilla’ and ‘Rocha’ pears. Control of P. expansum equal to the fungicide imazalil was obtained with CPA-5 at 108cfu ml–1 on ‘Gold Delicious’ apple and ‘Rocha’ pear. The populations of P. syringae CPA-5 increased more than 100-fold during the first 50 days, and then remained stable on apple, and slightly decreased on pears. This indicates the high capacity of this antagonist to colonize wound surfaces of pome fruits under cold storage conditions.;

Control of blue mold (Penicillium expansum) by fludioxonil in apples (cv Empire) under controlled atmosphere and cold storage conditions

2005 ◽  
Vol 61 (6) ◽  
pp. 591-596 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deena Errampalli ◽  
John Northover ◽  
Lisa Skog ◽  
Nichole R Brubacher ◽  
Cheryl A Collucci
Keyword(s):  
Cold Storage ◽  
Storage Conditions ◽  
Penicillium Expansum ◽  
Controlled Atmosphere ◽  
Blue Mold

scholarly journals Involvement of Gluconic Acid and Glucose Oxidase in the Pathogenicity of Penicillium expansum in Apples

2007 ◽  
Vol 97 (3) ◽  
pp. 384-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoav Hadas ◽  
Israel Goldberg ◽  
Ophry Pines ◽  
Dov Prusky
Keyword(s):  
Acid Secretion ◽  
Glucose Oxidase ◽  
Oxygen Concentration ◽  
Gluconic Acid ◽  
Host Tissue ◽  
Penicillium Expansum ◽  
Pectolytic Enzymes ◽  
Acid Accumulation ◽  
Apple Tissue

The contribution of gluconic acid secretion to the colonization of apple tissue by Penicillium expansum was analyzed by modulation (increase or decrease) of gluconic acid accumulation at the infection court. P. expansum isolates that express the most gox2 transcripts and concomitant glucose oxidase (GOX) activity and that secrete the most gluconic acid cause disease of apple at the fastest rate. Cultures grown under reduced oxygen concentration generated fewer gox2 transcripts, produced less gluconic acid, and led to a 15% reduction in disease. Furthermore, the detection of significantly high levels of transcripts of gox2 and GOX activity at the edge of the decaying tissue emphasize the involvement of GOX in tissue acidification of the decaying tissue. Taken together, these results emphasize the importance of GOX in the production of the gluconic acid that leads, in turn, to host tissue acidification. This acidification enhanced the expression of pectolytic enzymes and the establishment of conditions for necrotrophic development of P. expansum.

scholarly journals Control of Blue Mold of Apples by Preharvest Application of Candida sake Grown in Media with Different Water Activity

1998 ◽  
Vol 88 (9) ◽  
pp. 960-964 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Teixidó ◽  
I. Viñas ◽  
J. Usall ◽  
N. Magan
Keyword(s):  
Population Size ◽  
Water Activity ◽  
Cold Storage ◽  
Storage Conditions ◽  
Lesion Size ◽  
Penicillium Expansum ◽  
Laboratory Studies ◽  
Blue Mold ◽  
Infected Wounds ◽  
Candida Sake

Unmodified and low water activity (aw)-tolerant cells of Candida sake CPA-1 applied before harvest were compared for ability to control blue mold of apples (‘Golden Delicious’) caused by Penicillium expansum under commercial storage conditions. The population dynamics of strain CPA-1 on apples were studied in the orchard and during storage following application of 3 × 106 CFU/ml of each treatment 2 days prior to harvest. In the field, the population size of the unmodified treatment remained relatively unchanged, while the population size of the low-aw-modified CPA-1 cells increased. During cold storage, the populations in both treatments increased from 103 to 105 CFU/g of apple after 30 days, and then declined to about 2.5 × 104 CFU/g of apple. In laboratory studies, the low-aw-tolerant cells provided significantly better disease control as compared with the unmodified cells and reduced the number of infected wounds and lesion size by 75 and 90%, respectively, as compared with the non-treated controls. After 4 months in cold storage, both unmodified and low-aw-tolerant cells of C. sake were equally effective against P. expansum on apple (>50% reduction in size of infected wounds).

Effects of Penicillium expansum infection on the quality and flavor of yellow flesh kiwifruit during cold storage

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Wang ◽  
Junqing Bai ◽  
Tianzi Huang ◽  
Jin Liang ◽  
Lu Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cold Storage ◽  
Penicillium Expansum ◽  
Yellow Flesh
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