Table 3 Microorganism agents used for the successful control of postharvest diseases of citrus, apples, grapes, and strawberries

Yeast

Candida saitoana

Penicillium italicum

Competition for nutrient and space, direct parasitism

El Ghaouth et al. (2002)

C. oleophila

P. digitatum

Botrytis cinerea

Colletotrichum gloeosporioides

P. expansum

P. italicum

Rhizopus stolonifer

Induction of resistance

Droby et al. (2002), Liu et al. (2007), Spadaro (2012)

C. sake

P. digitatum

B. cinerea

P. expansum

ND

Spadaro (2012)

C. ernobii

Lasiodiplodia theobromae

Induction of resistance

Spadaro (2012)

Kloeckera apiculata

P. italicum

Competition for nutrient and space

Long et al. (2006)

Wickerhamomyces anomalus

P. digitatum

Antibiosis

Platania et al. (2012)

Cryptococcus laurentii

Alternaria alternata

B. cinerea

R. stolonifer

Antagonist

Wei et al. (2014)

Pichia guilliermondii

A. alternata

B. cinerea

P. digitatum

P. expansum

P. italicum

R. stolonifer

Antagonist

Sui et al. (2015)

Schwanniomyces vanrijiae combination and ethanolic extracts of propolis (EEP)

P. digitatum

Mucor fructigena

Antibiosis, antioxidant

Abo-Elyousr et al. (2021)

Galactomyces geotrichum

M. fructigena

Antagonist

Madbouly et al. (2020)

Pichia kudriavzevii

M. fructigena

Antagonist

Madbouly et al. (2020)

Meyerozyma caribbica

C. gloeosporioides

Antagonist

Navarro-Herrera and Ortíz-Moreno (2020)

Rhodosporidium paludigenum

P. digitatum

ND

Zhang et al. (2021)

Bacteria

Bacillus subtilis

P. digitatum

A. citri

B. cinerea

C. gloeosporioide

L. theobromae

P. expansum

P. italicum

Phomopsis citri

Antibiosis

Mohammadi et al. (2017)

B. amyloliquefaciens

B. cinerea

C. gloeosporioides

L. theobromae

P. digitatum

P. expansum

P. italicum

R. stolonifer

Antibiosis

Calvo et al. (2017)

Streptomyces sp. CACIS-1.5CA

Colletotrichum sp.

Alternaria sp.

Aspergillus sp.

Botrytis sp.

Rhizoctonia sp.

Rhizopus sp.

Antagonist, antibiosis

Evangelista-Martínez et al. (2020)

B. thuringiensis

Guignardia citricarpa

Antibiosis, induction of resistance

Lucon et al. (2010)

B. licheniformis

C. gloeosporioides Dothiorella gregaria

Antibiosis, induction of resistance

Spadaro (2012)

B. pumilus

B. cinerea

Antibiosis, induction of resistance

Abd-El-Kareem et al. (2021)

Burkholderia cepacia

C. musae

Antibiosis

Spadaro (2012)

B. gladioli

P. digitatum

P. expansum

Antibiosis

Spadaro (2012)

B. glathei

P. digitatum

Antibiosis

Spadaro (2012)

Brevundimunas diminuta

C. gloeosporioides

Antibiosis

Spadaro (2012)

Enterobacter aerogenes

A. alternata

Antibiosis

Nabi et al. (2017)

E. cloacae

R. stolonifer

Antibiosis

Spadaro (2012)

Pantoea agglomerans

Penicillium spp.

P. digitatum

P. expansum

P. italicum

R. stolonifer

Antibiosis, triggers H₂O₂ production and enzymatic activities

Spadaro (2012)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Erwinia carotovora

Antibiosis

Spadaro (2012)

P. cepacia

B. cinerea

P. digitatum

P. expansum

Antibiosis

Spadaro (2012)

P. fluorescens

B. cinerea

P. expansum

Antibiosis

Wallace et al. (2018)

P. corrugata

Monilinia fructicola

Induction of resistance

Benhamou (2004)

P. putida

E. carotovora

Antibiosis

Spadaro (2012)

P. syringae

B. cinerea

G. candidum

M. fructicola

P. digitatum

P. expansum

P. italicum

Antibiosis

Spadaro (2012)

Serratia plymuthica

Penicillium spp.

Antibiosis and competition for nutrient

Meziane et al. (2006)

Fungi

Verticillium lecanii

P. digitatum

Induction of resistance

Benhamou (2004)

Aureobasidium pullulans

P. digitatum

B. cinerea

P. expansum

R. stolonifer

Antibiosis

Spadaro (2012)

Muscodor albus

P. digitatum

P. expansum

B. cinerea

Geotrichum citri-aurantii

Production of volatile compounds

Mercier and Smilanick (2005)

Acremonium breve

B. cinerea

ND

Spadaro (2012)

T. harzianum

B. cinerea

R. stolonifer

P. expansum

Antagonist

Sharma et al. (2009)

T. viride

P. digitatum

B. cinerea

Antagonist

Sharma et al. (2009)

Trichoderma spp.

L. theobromae

Antagonist

Sharma et al. (2009)