4.6.2. Fruits

All fruits used in this test came from organic crops. Citrus fruits were mature oranges (*Citrus* × *sinensis*) cv. Valencia and lemons (*Citrus* × *limon*) cv. Femminello Siracusano, while apples (*Malus domestica*) were of the cv. Braeburn. Before the tests, all fruits were preliminarily surface-disinfected by dipping in 1% NaClO (NaClO 0.5% for apples) for 2 min, rinsing under tap water and air-drying at room temperature (20 ± 2 ◦C).

### 4.6.3. Fungal Pathogens and Inoculum Preparation

The strains used in the trial were *P. digitatum* strain P1PP0 and *P. expansum* strain CECT 2278. For each strain, the inoculum was represented by a conidial suspension at the concentration 106 conidia/mL.
