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. 2022 Feb 22;12:833328. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.833328

Table 3.

Salts and food additives for the control of P. digitatum and P. italicum.

Pathogens Salts Fruits References
P. digitatum Acetic acid, formic acid, and propionic acid Grapefruit and oranges Sholberg, 1998
Sodium propionate “Valencia” oranges Hall, 1988
Calcium chloride Grapefruit Droby et al., 1997
Calcium polysulfide Oranges and lemons Smilanick and Sorenson, 2001
Potassium sorbate “Valencia” oranges Smilanick et al., 2008
P. italicum Sodium salicylate, sodium sulfite, boric acid, copper sulfate, and sodium ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid Mandarin (Citrus reticulata Blanco) cv. clementine Askarne et al., 2013
Ammonium carbonate Oranges, lemons Askarne et al., 2011; Montesinos-Herrero et al., 2011
Sodium ethylparaben “Valencia” oranges Moscoso-Ramírez et al., 2013
Sodium hydrosulfide Mandarins and oranges Fu et al., 2014
P. digitatum and P. italicum Sodium carbonate
Sodium bicarbonate
Oranges, mandarins, and lemons Plaza et al., 2004b; Youssef et al., 2012b; Askarne et al., 2013
Sodium benzoate “Valencia,” “Lane Late” oranges, lemons, and “Ortanique” mandarins Montesinos-Herrero and Palou, 2016; Montesinos-Herrero et al., 2016
Benzoic acid Lemons El-Mougy et al., 2008
Potassium sorbate “Valencia” oranges Smilanick et al., 2008; D'Aquino et al., 2013
Sodium metabisulfite and potassium metabisulfite Oranges Martínez-Blay et al., 2020
Sodium dehydroacetate “Ponkan” tangerines (Citrus reticulata Blanco) Duan et al., 2016
Calcium chelate
Sodium silicate
Potassium carbonate
“Comune” clementine and “Valencia late” oranges Youssef et al., 2012b
Palou et al., 2001