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Abstract
Citrus is one of the most important fruit raps in Egypt, as
well as in many other coururies of the world. i(’I’IlS plantauons
are widely distributed in Egypt fOJ local consumptioa 1M well a
for cxponnuon. ccordiug 10 ihc report of Agricultural
’conomies and ’tatisti s Department, Ministry of Agriculur e.
334,0 -S feddan lire cultivated with citrus until ] 99:1 whi h
produced about 2.465,813 ton of Iruits (Anon. 1999).
Sc end pathogenic fimgi attack itrus fruits during fruit
development as , ell 11_ after harvesting, marketing, exportation
and storage causine seriou losses. i avcl plant orange fruits are
ubjecred to infection with some pathogenic fungi, either in the
or liard OI during handl ing lind storage. I.ost of tile postharvest
rots are latent infection. \ ditch start in the orchard as early as the
blooming stage (Stevenson, 1918, Rose (1101.• 1943, Christova,
19 7, Kiely. I96’l, Peiser, 1975, ckert, 19811,SOIllHle1’, 1981
and EI-Zll}’lll. 198~).
’cvcrlll invcstigal IrS had reported on how 10 minioazc
postharvest losses through chemical application,
In this ]lI’CSCll’ work, there was all objective 0 setting
integrated manageme t for controlling postharvest infection of
a el orange rot. urveying fOI” tbc causal organism, biological
1.:011(1’01, use of Ultraviolet ra S, growth regulators, chemical salts
and Imally fun iicide applications and their effect 011 qualit
characters of frui ts.