Postharvest fungal rots of sapote mamey Pouteria sapota (Jacq.) H.E. Moore & Stearn
Sapote mamey is an important tropical fruit of Mexico. However during the harvest season high incidence of postharvest fungi are present. Isolations of infected fruit in 1998 and 1999 indicated Pestalotia and Botryodiplodia as the main postharvest fungi. Percentage infection significantly varied acc...
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Published in | Postharvest biology and technology Vol. 24; no. 2; pp. 197 - 200 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
New York, NY
Elsevier B.V
01.03.2002
Elsevier Science |
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Summary: | Sapote mamey is an important tropical fruit of Mexico. However during the harvest season high incidence of postharvest fungi are present. Isolations of infected fruit in 1998 and 1999 indicated
Pestalotia and
Botryodiplodia as the main postharvest fungi. Percentage infection significantly varied according to harvest date for both 1998 and 1999. In 1988 percentage infection decreased from 65% to 20% as fruit ripening increased while in 1999 fruit infection varied from 100% to 10%. Infection caused by
Botryodiplodia was more frequent. |
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ISSN: | 0925-5214 1873-2356 |
DOI: | 10.1016/S0925-5214(01)00138-7 |