Table 1.

Microbial antagonists recovered from various sources and used as biocontrol agents for postharvest plant diseases.

Biocontrol Agents	Hosts	Phytopathogens	Diseases	References
Pichia membranifaciens and Wickerhamomyces anomalus	Apple	Botrytis cinerea and Penicillium italicum	Blue mold	Błaszczyk et al. [38]
Pseudomonas fluorescens	Apple	Penicillium expansum	Blue mold	Wallace et al. [39]
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens	Apple	Penicillium expansum	Blue mold	Calvo et al. [40]
Rhodosporidium fluviale	Apple	Botrytis cinerea	Gray mold	Sansone et al. [41]
Aureobasidium subglaciale	Apple	Botrytis cinerea, and Penicillium expansum	Apple rot	Zajc et al. [42]
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and Pseudomonas sp.	Apple	Monilinia fructigena	Brown rot	Lahlali et al. [43]
Serratia plymuthica	Apple	Botryosphaeria dothidea	Ring rot	Sun et al. [44]
Yamadazyma mexicana	Avocado	Colletotrichum gloeosporioides	Anthracnose	González-Gutiérrez et al. [45]
Bacillus velezensis	Banana	Colletotrichum musae	Anthracnose	Damasceno et al. [46]
Pseudomonas syringae	Citrus	Penicillium digitatum	Green mold	Panebianco et al. [47]
Yeast	Citrus	Penicillium italicum	Blue mold	Da Cunha et al. [48]
Saccharomyces cerevisiae	Citrus	Colletotrichum acutatum	Fruit drop	Lopes et al. [49]
Candida pyralidae and Pichia kluyveri	Grapes	Colletotrichum acutatum	Spoilage of grapes	Mewa-Ngongang et al. [50]
Bacillus sp.	Grape	Botrytis cinerea	Gray mold	Kasfi et al. [51]
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens	Grapes	Botrytis cinerea	Gray mold	Zhou et al. [52]
Lactobacillus plantarum	Grapes	Botrytis cinerea	Gray mold	Chen et al. [53]
Stenotrophomonas rhizophila	Mango	Colletotrichum gloeosporioides	Anthracnose	Hernandez Montiel et al. [54]
Trichoderma harzianum	Mango	Colletotrichum gloeosporioides	Anthracnose	Alvindia [31]
Trichoderma spp.	Mango	Sclerotium rolfsii	Anthracnose	Bastakoti et al. [55]
Pseudomonas synxantha	Peach	Monilinia fructicola	Brown rot	Aiello et al. [56]
Rhodotorula minuta	Citrus	Geotrichum citri-aurantii	Sour rot	Ferraz et al. [57]
Penicillium citrinum	Mango	Colletotrichum gloeosporioides	Anthracnos	Sandy [58]
Lactobacillus acidophilus	Mango	Colletotrichum gloeosporioides	Anthracnos	Fenta and Kibret [32]
Streptomyces sp.	Mango	Colletotrichum gloeosporioides	Anthracnose	Zhou et al. [59]
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens	Mango	Colletotrichum gloeosporioides	Anthracnose	Liang et al. [60]
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, Bacillus pumilus and Bacillus subtilis	Orange and lemon	Penicillium digitatum and Penicillium italicum	Green and blue mold	Hammami et al. [61]
Clavispora lusitaniae	Lemon	Penicillium digitatum, Penicillium italicum, and Geotrichum citriaurantii	Green moldBlue mold	Pereyra et al. [62]
Bacillus velezensis	Rice	Aspergilus flavus	Rice mold	Li et al. [63]
Trichoderma harzianum	Orange	Penicillium digitatum	Green mold	Ferreira et al. [64]
Bacillus sp.	Orange	Penicillium digitatum	Green mold	Tian et al. [65]
Pseudomonas fluorescens	Orange	Penicillium italicum	Blue mold	Wang et al. [66]
Lactobacillus sucicola,	Orange	Penicillium digitatum	Green mold	Ma et al. [67]
Rhodotorula mucilaginosa	Orange	Penicillium digitatum	Green mold	Ahima et al. [68]
Bacillus subtilis	Peanuts	Aspergillus flavus	Mycotoxins	Ling et al. [69]
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	Pepper	Colletotrichum truncatum	Anthracnose	Sandani et al. [70]
Streptomyces philanthi	Pepper	Colletotrichum gloeosporioides	Anthracnose	Boukaew et al. [71]
Bacillus Subtilis	Potato	Fusarium oxysporum	Dry rot	Lastochkina et al. [33]
Bacillus sp.	Potato	Fusarium oxysporum	Fusarium rot	Ntemafack et al. [72]
Aureobasidium pullulans	Tomato	Aspergillus flavus	Spoilage	Podgórska-Kryszczuk [73]
Torulaspora indica	Tomato	Alternaria arborescens	Tomato rot	Bosqueiro et al. [74]
Lactobacillus plantarum	Strawberry	Botrytis cinerea	Grey mold	Chen et al. [75]