Ethyl pyruvate (EP) suppressed post-harvest blue mold of sweet cherry fruit by inhibiting the growth of Penicillium oxalicum.
Chu WangYu NiuQiuxia MengLizhen ZhangPublished in: Journal of the science of food and agriculture (2019)
The results suggested that EP treatment destroyed the integrities of the cell surface structures and caused oxidative damage of the spores of P. oxalicum. © 2019 Society of Chemical Industry.