Diseases of fruit plantation medicinal and aromatic crops (2+1)

Preventive measures for post harvest diseases

1. Wash the harvested fruits in hot disinfectants and rinse them.
2. Drying, grading, waxing and packaging should be done without making any injury or damage.
3. Remove diseased or suspected fruits.
4. A range of chemicals (Topsin, Benlate, Diphenyl etc.) should be used to avoid infection due to various kinds of pathogen
5. Provide optimum storage conditions i.e., around 10oC.
6. Ethylene sensitive commodities should not be stored near the citrus fruit.
7. Moisture loss in fruits can be reduced by waxing or sealing with high density polythene film.