Claim · model-written summary
Yeast application significantly affected the strawberry fruit microbiome, reshaping fungal and bacterial communities.
- Taxon
- strawberries
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Fragaria ×ananassae0 - Treatment
- yeast applicatione4
- Outcome
- fruit microbiomee4
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Verbatim
e0“Strawberries are highly perishable fruit”
e4“Metabarcoding analysis revealed that yeast application significantly affected the fruit microbiome, reshaping both fungal and bacterial communities”
Title
Postharvest yeast treatments control strawberry rots and shift the fruit microbiome
Giulia Remolif; Marco Garello; Simona Prencipe; et al. Postharvest Biology and Technology 2026. doi:10.1016/j.postharvbio.2026.114414
Other claims from this paper (8)
- Intervention effect Applied yeasts significantly reduced strawberry gray mold incidence and severity relative to untreated controls after 10 days of cold storage and two days of shelf-life.
- Intervention effect Applied yeasts gave strawberry gray mold control comparable to that of a commercial M . fructicola -based biofungicide.
- Intervention effect Yeast treatments had no significant effect on strawberry firmness, total soluble solids or titratable acidity.
- Observation Antagonistic strains colonized the strawberry fruit surface.
- Intervention effect Antagonistic strains reduced Botrytis abundance on strawberry fruit.
- Intervention effect Antagonistic strains promoted the development of beneficial fungal and bacterial taxa on strawberry fruit, particularly Achromobacter.
- Mechanism The mechanism of action of yeast biocontrol agents extends beyond direct pathogen inhibition, toward interactions with resident microbial communities.
- Observation The most effective yeast strains were identified as Aureobasidium pullulans and Metschnikowia pulcherrima.