First Report of Fusarium verticilloides causing Banana Fruit Rot in Jordan (original) (raw)

Plant Disease, 2020

Abstract

Banana (Musa spp.) is an important commercial fruit tree widely cultivated in the Jordan Valley, one of the main banana production areas in Jordan. Banana fruit rot caused by Fusarium verticilloides (teleomorph: Gibberella fujikuroi) is one of the most damaging postharvest diseases of banana (Van Hove et al. 2011Hirata et al., 2001). During the months of June and July of 2018 and 2019, dark brown spots of various sizes were observed on the epidermis of the Jordanian banana fruit harvested from plantations in the Jordan Valley. Occasionally spots coalesced yielding much larger lesions. The spots were brown to dark brown with lacunae at the center and typically surrounded by light brown halos. Larger spots had cracks inside which exposed the pulp. Whitish fungal colonies were also frequently observed on these spots. In the early stages of decay, virtually no damage was observed on the fruit pulp. Cut surfaces of crowns and pedicels sometimes were also blackened and often covered with ...

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