Microbiome approaches provide the key to biologically control postharvest pathogens and storability of fruits and vegetables

dc.contributor.authorKusstatscher, Peter
dc.contributor.authorCernava, Tomislav
dc.contributor.authorAbdelfattah, Ahmed
dc.contributor.authorGokul, Jarishma Keriuscia
dc.contributor.authorKorsten, Lise
dc.contributor.authorBerg, Gabriele
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-28T05:27:02Z
dc.date.issued2020-07
dc.description.abstractMicrobes play an important role in plants and interact closely with their host starting from sprouting seeds, continuing during growth and after harvest. The discovery of their importance for plant and postharvest health initiated a biotechnological development of various antagonistic bacteria and fungi for disease control. Nevertheless, their application often showed inconsistent effects. Recently, high-throughput sequencing-based techniques including advanced microscopy reveal fruits and vegetables as holobionts. At harvest, all fruits and vegetables harbor a highly abundant and specific microbiota including beneficial, pathogenic and spoilage microorganisms. Especially, a high microbial diversity and resilient microbial networks were shown to be linked to fruit and vegetable health, while diseased products showed severe dysbiosis. Field and postharvest handling of fruits and vegetables was shown to affect the indigenous microbiome and therefore has a substantial impact on the storability of fruits and vegetables. Microbiome tracking can be implemented as a new tool to evaluate and assess all postharvest processes and contribute to fruit and vegetable health. Here, we summarize current research advancements in the emerging field of postharvest microbiomes and elaborate its importance. The generated knowledge provides profound insights into postharvest microbiome dynamics and sets a new basis for targeted, microbiome-driven and sustainable control strategies.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentPlant Production and Soil Scienceen_ZA
dc.description.embargo2021-06-16
dc.description.librarianhj2021en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipThe European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programen_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://academic.oup.com/femsecen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationPeter Kusstatscher, Tomislav Cernava, Ahmed Abdelfattah, Jarishma Gokul, Lise Korsten, Gabriele Berg, Microbiome approaches provide the key to biologically control postharvest pathogens and storability of fruits and vegetables, FEMS Microbiology Ecology, Volume 96, Issue 7, July 2020, fiaa119, https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiaa119.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0168-6496 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1574-6941 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1093/femsec/fiaa119
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/80147
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherOxford University Pressen_ZA
dc.rights© 2020 Oxford University Press. This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in FEMS Microbiology Ecology following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version is : 'Microbiome approaches provide the key to biologically control postharvest pathogens and storability of fruits and vegetables', FEMS Microbiology Ecology, Volume 96, Issue 7, July 2020, fiaa119, https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiaa119, is available online at : https://academic.oup.com/femsec.en_ZA
dc.subjectBiocontrolen_ZA
dc.subjectBiopreservationen_ZA
dc.subjectPostharvest decayen_ZA
dc.subjectHigh-throughput sequencingen_ZA
dc.subjectFruit microbiomeen_ZA
dc.titleMicrobiome approaches provide the key to biologically control postharvest pathogens and storability of fruits and vegetablesen_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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