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

Fruit rot

Cladosporium fruit rot disease
Causal organism: Cladosporium oxysporum
The diseased fruits develop orange-red to dull-brown circular spots which become olive-brown. In advanced stage of the disease, the entire fruit rots. Hyphae of the fungus are septate. Light olive-green, 2.5 - 30 µm in width; conidiophores are light brown and simple; conidia light brown to olive green, 1-celled, fusoid and 1 - 20 x 3.5 - 4.5 µm.