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Abstract Citrus is one of the most important fruit raps in Egypt, as well as in many other coururies of the world. i(’I’IlS plantauons are widely distributed in Egypt fOJ local consumptioa 1M well a for cxponnuon. ccordiug 10 ihc report of Agricultural ’conomies and ’tatisti s Department, Ministry of Agriculur e. 334,0 -S feddan lire cultivated with citrus until ] 99:1 whi h produced about 2.465,813 ton of Iruits (Anon. 1999). Sc end pathogenic fimgi attack itrus fruits during fruit development as , ell 11_ after harvesting, marketing, exportation and storage causine seriou losses. i avcl plant orange fruits are ubjecred to infection with some pathogenic fungi, either in the or liard OI during handl ing lind storage. I.ost of tile postharvest rots are latent infection. \ ditch start in the orchard as early as the blooming stage (Stevenson, 1918, Rose (1101.• 1943, Christova, 19 7, Kiely. I96’l, Peiser, 1975, ckert, 19811,SOIllHle1’, 1981 and EI-Zll}’lll. 198~). ’cvcrlll invcstigal IrS had reported on how 10 minioazc postharvest losses through chemical application, In this ]lI’CSCll’ work, there was all objective 0 setting integrated manageme t for controlling postharvest infection of a el orange rot. urveying fOI” tbc causal organism, biological 1.:011(1’01, use of Ultraviolet ra S, growth regulators, chemical salts and Imally fun iicide applications and their effect 011 qualit characters of frui ts. |