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Control of postharvest diseases of rambutan using cinnamaldehyde.

Sivakumar, D., Wilson Wijeratnam, R. S., Wijesundera, R. L. C. and Abeyesekere, M.

Crop Protection. Volume 21, Issue 9, November 2002, Pages 847-852.

2002

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Control of postharvest diseases of rambutan using cinnamaldehyde.

Rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum) fruits have relatively short storage and shelf life, mostly because of losses to postharvest diseases caused by pathogenic fungi. Fungicides cannot be used to control the diseases because of unacceptable residues. Laboratory experiments demonstrated that 30 ppm cinnamaldehyde completely inhibited mycelial growth and germination of conidia of Botryodiplodia theobromae, Colletotrichum gloeosporioides [Glomerella cingulata] and Gliocephalotrichum microchlamydosporum which cause the postharvest diseases, stem-end rot, anthracnose and brown spot, respectively. When cinnamaldehyde (30 ppm) impregnated blotting sheets were used in commercial packaging, incidence and severity of all three postharvest diseases decreased. Treated fruits retained colour, overall quality and sensory characters at 13.5 deg C and 95% RH for 14 days.