ISHS Acta Horticulturae 269: Symposium on Tropical Fruit in International Trade
POSTHARVEST DISEASES OF PINEAPPLE |
| Authors: | K. G. Rohrbach, D. J. Phillips |
| DOI: | 10.17660/ActaHortic.1990.269.65 |
| Abstract:
The symptoms of the post-harvest diseases of pineapple fruit may develop externally or internally. Diseases of pineapple fruit can be classified as: 1) pre-flower infections by Penicillium funiculosum that begin at the floret before the flower opens and cause interfruitlet corking, leathery pocket, and fruitlet core rot, 2) flower infections beginning after the flower opens and caused by bacterial complexes including pink and marbling disease, 3) wound infections caused most frequently by Ceratocystis paradoxa that begin in wounds caused by harvesting, and 4) physiological disorders the most common of which is internal browning or black heart caused by chilling injury. Currently, Ceratocystis fruit rot is controlled by fungicide applications and internal browning by post-harvest wax dips. | |
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