Mechanisms of Ambient pH Regulating Spore Germinability and Pathogenicity of Postharvest Fungal Pathogens

TLDR: A brief overview on the application of proteomic methods in postharvest pathological studies is made and regulatory mechanisms of ambient pH on pathogenicity of fungal pathogens using proteomic approach are focused on.

Abstract: Postharvest fungal pathogens cause decay of fruits and vegetables, and lead to huge economic loss worldwide. The ambient pH, as one of the most important environmental parameters, has critical effect on the pathogenicity of fungal pathogens. Understanding on pathogenesis of postharvest fungal pathogens was limited as lack of molecular biological and genomic basis. While, proteomics opens a new gate to deeply explore the infecting mechanisms of postharvest pathogens. Here, we make a brief overview on the application of proteomic methods in postharvest pathological studies and focused on regulatory mechanisms of ambient pH on pathogenicity of fungal pathogens using proteomic approach. These recent advances provide new evidences to systematically understand the complicated infecting mechanisms of postharvest fungal pathogens on a wide range of plant hosts, which have great help to develop the integrated control techniques of postharvest diseases.