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Effect of pepper tree (Schinus molle) essential oil-loaded chitosan bio-nanocomposites on postharvest control of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and quality evaluations in avocado (Persea americana) cv. Hass

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Preventive and curative activity of postharvest treatments with chitosan nanoparticles (CS) and chitosan biocomposites loaded with pepper tree essential oil (CS-PEO) against anthracnose were evaluated on Avocado (Persea americana) cv. Hass artificially inoculated in rind wounds. After 10 days of storage significant preventive and curative activity against Colletotrichum gloeosporioides was observed with the absence of internal damage by applying CS and CS-PEO. Quality parameters like water losses and firmness changes were assessed on fruit treated. CS and CS-PEO were effective to reduce water losses and firmness losses.

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The authors thank CONACYT (Mexico) for the scholarship granted to Mireya Esbeiddy Chávez-Magdaleno.

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  1. Tecnológico Nacional de México/I.T. Tepic, Tecnológico 2595, 63175, Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico

    Mireya Esbeiddy Chávez-Magdaleno, Ramsés Ramón González-Estrada, Anelsy Ramos-Guerrero & Porfirio Gutiérrez-Martínez

  2. Departamento de Investigación y Posgrado en Alimentos, Universidad de Sonora, Blvd. Luis Encinas y Rosales s/n, Col. Centro, 83000, Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico

    Maribel Plascencia-Jatomea

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Chávez-Magdaleno, M.E., González-Estrada, R.R., Ramos-Guerrero, A. et al. Effect of pepper tree (Schinus molle) essential oil-loaded chitosan bio-nanocomposites on postharvest control of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and quality evaluations in avocado (Persea americana) cv. Hass. Food Sci Biotechnol 27, 1871–1875 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10068-018-0410-5

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