The Role of Pectinase in the Rotting of Fruits and Vegetables A Review

The fruits and vegetables are rich in nutritional value which make them an easy target of organisms causing spoilage and soft rot. The soft rot is one of the destructive disease of fruits and vegetables and occurs worldwide wherever fleshy storage tissues of fruits and vegetables are found. Such disease can occurred by some bacteria and fungi which are highly responsible for this soft rot causing spoilage and they are endowed with an important enzymological power, the main action of their pathogenicity. The enzyme pectinase has the power of degrading the cell wall of plant, causing the liquefaction of tissues which favour the development of phytopathogens. The understanding the role of enzymes synthesizing by pathogens causing spoilage and need to develop the new protection approach to deal with it. This review summarizes the main literature data on the different pathogens synthesizing the enzyme pectinase causing soft rot in fruits and vegetables. Dr. Indira B. Soneji | Dr. Pramod H Bakane "The Role of Pectinase in the Rotting of Fruits and Vegetables: A Review" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-6 | Issue-7 , December 2022, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd52326.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/agricultural-engineering/52326/the-role-of-pectinase-in-the-rotting-of-fruits-and-vegetables-a-review/dr-indira-b-soneji