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A commercial 6% allicin emulsifiable concentrate exhibited concentration-dependent antifungal activity against the isolate\n                    <jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic>\n                    , with an EC\n                    <jats:sub>50<\/jats:sub>\n                    of 326.90 mg\/L on a formulation-concentration basis. In a field trial, two applications of allicin at 800\u20131,000 mg\/L provided the highest disease control efficacy, reaching approximately 82%. Allicin treatment also reduced superoxide anion production and malondialdehyde accumulation while increasing the activities of superoxide dismutase, peroxidase, catalase, and phenylalanine ammonia-lyase in fruit tissues. These findings suggest that the suppression of preharvest soft rot by allicin may involve both direct antifungal activity and enhanced defense-related responses in hardy kiwi fruit. 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