Claim · model-written summary
Careful postharvest handling and prompt sale can reduce fungal rots.
- Taxon
- Avocado
Persea americanat0 - Outcome
- careful post-harvest handling and selling fruit as soon after harvest as possiblee0
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t0“Avocado”
e0“careful post-harvest handling and selling fruit as soon after harvest as possible”
Title
Avocado diseases affecting fruit quality
Kerry R. Everett CABI Reviews 2020. doi:10.1079/pavsnnr202015016
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Observation Avocado sunblotch viroid is the exception to fungal causation of most fruit diseases.
- Observation Some fungal infections produce visible symptoms and unmarketable fruit.
- Observation Symptomless orchard infections develop into rots during storage, transport and ripening.
- Observation Most postharvest pathogens enter through both fruit body and stem-end wound; a few only through the stem-end wound.
- Observation Geographic distribution of rot fungi varies, possibly with environment and quarantine.
- Intervention effect Orchard fungicides can reduce fungal rots.
- Intervention effect Removing canopy inoculum can reduce fungal rots.
- Intervention effect Maintaining high calcium in fruit flesh can reduce fungal rots.
- Intervention effect Some postharvest fungicides can be effective.