Nunes, CarlaNunes, Carla2013-09-272013-09-272010http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/2928Proceedings of the International Conference “Environmentally friendly and safe technologies for quality of fruit and vegetables”, held in Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal, on January 14-16, 2009. This Conference was a join activity with COST Action 924.Public concern in food safety and the increase of pathogen resistant populations has enhanced the interest in developing methods to control postharvest fruit decay alternative to fungicides. According to their nature alternative methods can be classified as biological, chemical or physical. This article reviews research on alternative postharvest disease control methods and explores new possibilities of research to improve their efficacy.engAlternative methodsBiological controlChemical controlIntegrated approachPhysical methodsPostharvest controlbook part