Journal of Plant Disease Sciences
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 8
  • Issue: 1

Factors affecting development of post –harvest aspergillus rot of acid lime fruit

  • Author:
  • Hemant Sharma
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 37 to 38

Agriculture Experimental Station, Navsari Agricultural University, Paria (Pardi)-Valsad-396 145 (Gujarat) India

Online published on 25 June, 2014.

Abstract

Post harvest diseases of lime incited by Aspergillus niger van Tiegh, appears at varying intensity in Jobner, Sambhar-Lake, Phulera and Renwal markets. Influence of various factors on the disease revealed that injury by cork-borer wounding method, ripeness of fruits, 30°C temperature and high relative humidity upto 100% was favourable for disease development.

Keywords

Aspergillus niger, Lime fruits, Post-harvest fruit rot