Studies on post-harvest diseases of Tomato

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  • Deshmukh R.S. Department of Botany, B. Raghunath Arts, Commerce & Science College, Parbhani, MS, India

Keywords:

Tomato, Post-harvest diseases, Rot, Virulent

Abstract

The survey carried out revealed that factors such as poor grading, packing containers, means of transport, duration between harvest and transport to the market, pests and diseases have significant impact on post-harvest losses. Tomato fruits were usually spread on the ground waiting for grading after harvest. Mixing of healthy and infected tomato fruits during harvesting possibly increased chances of the spread of disease-causing micro-organisms to healthy fruits. The major causative agents of post-harvest spoilage of tomatoes are bacteria and fungi. The isolated pathogens were Rhizopus spp., Fusarium spp., Geotrichum spp., Botrytis spp., Curvularia spp., Bipolaris spp. The results of pathogenicity test from this study revealed that all tomato fruits showed symptoms of rot while the un-inoculated control fruits showed no symptoms of rot. However, the rate of rot varied significantly between the pathogens with Rhizopus spp. being the most virulent pathogen causing the most damage (100 % rot) within two days. Bipolaris spp. caused the least damage meaning that it was not one of the most damaging pathogens.

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Deshmukh R.S., Department of Botany, B. Raghunath Arts, Commerce & Science College, Parbhani, MS, India

 

 

 

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2021-12-30

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Deshmukh R.S. (2021). Studies on post-harvest diseases of Tomato. International Journal of Life Sciences, 9(4), 431–435. Retrieved from https://ijlsci.in/ls/index.php/home/article/view/616

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Vol. 9 No. 4 (2021): International Journal of Life Sciences

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