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CONTROL OF POST-HARVEST ROT OF GUAVAS IN THE WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE OF SOUTH AFRICA.

Author(s) : COMBRINK J. C.

Summary

MATURE-GREEN GUAVA FRUIT WERE TREATED WITH CHLORINE, THEN WITH THIABENDAZOLE OR PROCYMIDONE WITHIN 6 HRS OF HARVEST. ROT GROWTH AND TYPES WERE DETERMINED AFTER 1, 2 AND 3 WEEKS AT 277.5 K (4.5 DEG C) AND AFTER 3 DAYS AT 291 K (18 DEG C). CHORINE WAS INEFFECTIVE. THIABENDAZOLE AND PROCYMIDONE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED ROT, BUT NOT TO COMMERCIAL ACCEPTABILITY. BOTRYTIS CINEREA (43.5%), COLLETOTRICHUM GLOEOSPORIOIDES (26.4%), PHOMOPSIS PSIDII (20.2%), MUCOR PIRIFORMIS (9.7%) AND PENICILLIUM EXPANSUM (0.3%) WERE ISOLATED. ROT CONTROL SEEMS TO DEPEND ON THE CONTROL OF FUNGI IN THE ORCHARD.

Details

  • Original title: CONTROL OF POST-HARVEST ROT OF GUAVAS IN THE WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE OF SOUTH AFRICA.
  • Record ID : 1987-1382
  • Languages: English
  • Publication date: 1986/04/14
  • Source: Source: Frigair '86, Pretoria
    vol. 3; n. 9; 6 p.; 1 fig.; 3 tabl.; 18 ref.
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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