Effect of wounding and mature stage of peach fruits on infection by certain rotting fungi

• Azzeddin M. Y. Alawami

  Department of plant protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Omar Al-Mukhtar University, Al-Bayda, Libya

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This experiment was carrried out to study the effect of wounding on postharvest fruit rot, which caused by Botrytis cinerea, Penicillium expansum and Rhizopus stolonifer and to determine the effect of  rotting fungi. The result demonstrated that B. cinerea infected both wounded and unwounded fruits compared with the other fungi, which caused infection only on wounded fruit. On the other hand, B. cinerea and P. expansum infected pre- mature and mature fruits. The histological study at different stages of fruit growth showed cell size of mature fruits was larger than that of pre- mature fruits, especially those of mesocarp cells.

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