Post harvest diseases of fruits

Post harvest diseases
    Important Post harvest diseases of fruits

    Fruit

    Disease

    Casual organism

    Banana

    Crown rot

    Acremonium sp, Curvularia sp, Colletotrichum musae, Fusarium semitectum, Verticillium sp

    Ber

    Fruit rot

    Alternaria sp, Phomopsis sp, Colletotrichum sp.

    Citrus

    Black rot

    Alternaria citri

    Grey mold

    Botrytis cinerea

    Green mold

    Penicillium digitatum

    Stem-end rot

    Diaporthe citri, D. medusae, D. natalensis.

    Guava

    Anthracnose

    Colletotrichum gloeosporioides

    Kiwifruit

    Stem rot

    Botrytis cinerea

    Ripe rots

    Botryosphaeria dithodea

    Litchi

    Skin injuries

    Aspergillus sp., Penicillium sp., Rhizopus sp.

    Mango

    Anthracnose

    Colletotrichum gloeosporioides

    Stem-end rot

    Botryodiplodia theobromae

    Alternaria rot

    Alternaria alternata

    Black mold

    Aspergillus niger

    Papaya

    Chocolate spot

    C. gloeosporioides

    Dry rot

    Mycosphaerella sp.

    Wet rot

    Phomopsis sp.

    Alternaria spot

    Alternaria alternata

    Fusarium rot

    Fusarium solani

    Internal yellowing

    Enterobacter clocae

    Anthracnose

    C. gloeosporioides, C. dematium, C. capsici, C. circinans, C. papayae

    Pear

    Blossom-end rot

    Alternaria sp., Botrytis sp., Penicillium sp.

    Pineapple

    Black rot

    Chalara paradoxa

    Fruitlet core rot

    Penicillium funiculosum, Fusarium moniliforme, Candida guilliermondi.

    Pomegranate

    Heart rot Penicillium rot

    Aspergillus niger, Alternaria sp.

    Stone fruits

    Brown rot

    Monilinia fructicola

    Onion

    Black mold
    Neck rot

    Aspergillus spp.
    Botrytis allii

     

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