(US20170245505) 1. A composition to reduce microbe-mediated decomposition of organic matter in a defined space comprising a breathable sachet of encapsulated herbal essential oil. 2. A composition to reduce microbe-mediated decomposition of organic matter in a defined space comprising a mixture of encapsulated herbal essential oil, protein, wax and glycerine. 3. The composition according to claim 2, wherein the protein is soy protein isolate. 4. The composition according to claim 2, wherein the wax is paraffin wax. 5. The composition according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the herbal essential oil is obtained from thyme. 6. The composition according to claim 5, wherein the essential oil obtained from thyme is thymol. 7. The composition according to claim 1, wherein the herbal essential oil is encapsulated in cyclodextrin. 8. The composition according to claim 7, wherein the cyclodextrin is selected from the group consisting of alpha -cyclodextrin, beta -cyclodextrin and gamma -cyclodextrin. 9. The composition according to claim 8, wherein the beta -cyclodextrin is methyl-beta -cyclodextrin. 10. The composition according to claim 1 wherein the sachet comprises Tyvek (Registered trademark) membrane, Typar (Registered trademark) membrane or Kleenguard (Registered trademark) A40 membrane, or Homeguard (Registered trademark) membrane. 11. The composition according to claim 1, wherein the microbe mediating decomposition is a species of Botrytis, Listeria, Clostridium, Salmonella, Shigella, Escherichia, Cryptosporidium, Giardia, Cyclospora, Pseudomonas, Xanthomonas, Zoogloea, Frauteuria, Lactobacillus, Pediococcus, and Leuconostoc. 12. The composition according to claim 11, wherein the microbe mediating decomposition is a species of the Botrytis genus. 13. The composition according to claim 12, wherein the microbe mediating decomposition is Botrytis cinerea. 14. A storage container for an agricultural product comprising the sachet according to claim 1. 15. A storage container for an agricultural product comprising a coating of the composition according to claim 2. 16-17. (canceled) 18. A method of inhibiting the decomposition of an agricultural product comprising adding a sachet according to claim 1 to a defined space comprising the agricultural product. 19. A method of inhibiting the decomposition of an agricultural product comprising applying the composition according to claim 2 to a defined space comprising the agricultural product. 20. The method according to claim 18 wherein the defined space is a storage container, a shipping container or a delivery container. 21. The method according to claim 18 further comprising adjusting the humidity in the defined space. 22. The method of claim 18, further comprising encapsulating the defined space with modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) film. 23. The method of claim 19, further comprising encapsulating the defined space with modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) film.
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