Studies on some post-harvest diseases of peach fruits and their control

• Main Authors: Sharma R.C, Kaul J.L
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: 1987
• Subjects: aspergillus; control de plagas prod alm; dipping; durazno; fongicide; fungicidas; fungicides; himachal pradesh; immersion; inmersion; lutte anti parasite entreposage; peaches; peche fruit; penicillium; perdidas por almacenamiento; perte au stockage; rhizopus; storage losses; stored products pest control

Periodic surveys of fruit markets, go downs and stores of Solan (Himachal Pradesh, India) and surrounding areas revealed the occurrence of some serious post-harvest diseases of peaches responsible for huge losses. Among these Rhizopus stolonifer (Ehrenb ex Fr.) Lind., Penicillium expansum Link, Monilinia laxa (Adesh. and Ruhl.) Honey, and Aspergillus niger van Tieg were found frequently associated with the decaying fruits. Six fungicides viz., botran, carbendazim, deltan, sodium o-phenylphenate, thiobendazole and thiopanate methyl were tested as post-harvest dip treatment. Experiments were carried out with these chemicals on fruits of cv. July alberta inoculated artificially with R. stolonifer, M. laxa and M. fructigena. Botran (1500 ppm) suspension dip treatment was most efficacious in checking the infection of all the test pathogens. Decay caused by M. laxa and M. fructigena was also controlled effectively by carbendazim (1000 ppm). But botran was the only fungicide that could control the R. stolonifer infection.