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Increase of Fusarium Rot in Stored Citrus Fruit
Author(s) -
SchiffmannNadel Mina,
Chalutz E.,
Waks J.,
Lomaniec Ella,
Yoffe A. Z.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of phytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1439-0434
pISSN - 0931-1785
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0434.1987.tb04428.x
Subject(s) - biology , fusarium , fruit rot , fusarium oxysporum , horticulture , fusarium culmorum , botany , alternaria
In recent years the incidence of Fusarium spp. isolated from Stem End Rot (SER) and Internal Core Rot (ICR) of grapefruit and oranges has increased markedly. Fusarium spp. were isolated from apparently healthy green buttons and from the tissue underneath the button of healthy fruits. Of all the SER‐ and ICR‐rotted fruit, the incidence of Fusarium spp. alone and of Fusarium spp. with Alternaria citri was between 75 and 100%. Fusarium was also found to be the single causal agent of ICR of oranges and grapefruit. Species of Fusarium isolated from Stem End Rot and Internal Core Rot of citrus fruit were F. oxysporum, F. moniliforme and recently also F. culmorum.