A Box-Behnken design for predicting the combined effects of relative humidity and temperature on antagonistic yeast population density at the surface of applesRachid Lahlali
Unité de phytopathologie, Faculte Universitaire des Sciences Agronomiques de Gembloux, Passage des Déportés 2, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium
Int J Food Microbiol 122:100-8. 2008
..The results of this study also confirm our previous in vitro findings that water activity has a greater effect than temperature on yeast population density...
In vitro effects of water activity, temperature and solutes on the growth rate of P. italicum Wehmer and P. digitatum SaccR Lahlali
Unité de phytopathologie, Faculte Universitaire des Sciences Agronomiques de Gembloux, Passage des Deportes, Belgium
J Appl Microbiol 101:628-36. 2006
..To select, among models based on the use of different solutes, a model fitting accurately the growth of these species in relation to a(w) and temperature...
Isolation and evaluation of bacteria and fungi as biological control agents against Rhizoctonia solaniR Lahlali
Unité de phytopathologie, Faculte Universitaire des Sciences Agronomiques de Gembloux, Gembloux, Belgium
Commun Agric Appl Biol Sci 72:973-82. 2007
..solani in greenhouse trials...
Predictive modelling of temperature and water activity (solutes) on the in vitro radial growth of Botrytis cinerea PersRachid Lahlali
Unité de phytopathologie, Faculte Universitaire des Sciences Agronomiques de Gembloux, Passage des Déportés 2, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium
Int J Food Microbiol 114:1-9. 2007
..089, 1.070, 1.120 and 1.260 in media supplemented with glucose, NaCl, glycerol and sorbitol respectively. The results from modelling confirm the general finding that a(w) has a greater influence on fungal growth than temperature...
Studying and modelling the combined effect of temperature and water activity on the growth rate of P. expansumR Lahlali
, , , 5030 Gembloux, Belgium
Int J Food Microbiol 103:315-22. 2005
..expansum should be able to grow at low a(w) (0.890) and that growth at 25 degrees C should be fastest at a(w) values ranging from 0.960 to 0.980. Both models presented a good fit between predicted and observed values...
Efficacy assessment of Candida oleophila (strain O) and Pichia anomala (strain K) against major postharvest diseases of citrus fruits in MoroccoR Lahlali
, , 2, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium
Commun Agric Appl Biol Sci 69:601-9. 2004
..All these results support the potential practical application of both strains against major postharvest pathogens on citrus...
Effect of incubation temperature and relative humidity on lesion diameter of Botrytis cinerea Pers. and Penicillium expansum Link. on apple fruitsR Lahlali
Plant Pathology Unit, , , 5030 Gembloux, Belgium
Commun Agric Appl Biol Sci 71:1159-66. 2006
..expansum and B. cinerea. Theses results is in contradiction as compared to in vitro conditions and underlined that the humidity inside wounded apple sites is highly sufficient to start the growth of both postharvest pathogens of apples...