Fungal Microbiota in the Carposphere of Sweet and Sour Cherries and Antagonistic Features of Potential Biocontrol Yeasts

Sour cherries (P. cerasus L.) and sweet cherries (Prunus avium L.) are economically important fruits with high potential in the food industry and medicine. In this study, we analyzed fungal microorganism communities associated with carposphere of harvested from private plantation and food store-purchased sour and sweet cherries. Following DNA isolation, a DNA fragment of the ITS2 rRNA gene region of each sample was individually amplified and subjected to high-throughput NGS sequencing. Analysis of 168,933 high-quality reads showed the presence of 690 fungal taxa. Investigation of microbial ASVs diversity revealed plant-dependent and postharvest handling-affected fungal microorganism assemblages.