Biological control of diseases of harvested agricultural commodities using strains of the yeast Candida oleophola
US5425941A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 15, 1993 |
| Grant date | Jun 20, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 15, 2013 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S435/921
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention is drawn to isolates of Candida oleophila which are effective for the control of postharvest diseases in fruit and to biocontrol compositions which include such isolates. A method of utilizing the isolates to inhibit pathogens which cause postharvest diseases is also described. The organisms were isolated from the surface of tomato fruit and are useful for the control of a variety of fruit-rot pathogens in a variety of fruits.
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