Causal Agent:
Fungi (Rhizopus sp.)
| Characteristic Symptoms: | |
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Fruit rot starts as water-soaked lesion in any part of the fruit at any stage of maturity. |
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Later, the lesion becomes covered by a web-like mycelia and sporangia of the fungus. |
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The entire fruit maybe covered with the fungus few days after. |
| Conditions for Disease Development: | |
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Rhizopus spp. is known to be omnipresent in the air. |
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Primary hosts are cucurbits and eggplant. |
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Infection on fruits usually starts on wounds and bruises. |
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Temperature at 20 to 30°C favors disease development. |
| Management and Control: | |
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Prevent unnecessary wounding of the fruits. |
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Control insects. |
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Remove infected fruits and dispose properly by burying. |
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Apply copper-based fungicides, mancozeb or chlorothalonil |
| References: | |
| https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/sweetpotato/key/Sweetpotato%20Diagnotes/Media/Html/ TheProblems/DiseasesFungal/RhizopusSoftRot/Rhizopus%20soft%20rot.htm |
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