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T1 Incidence and etiology of postharvest diseases of fresh fruit of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) in the grove of Elx (Spain)
A1 Palou, Lluís
A1 Rosales, Raquel
A1 Taberner, Verònica
A1 Vilella-Esplá, José
K1 Date palm fruits
K1 Wound infections
K1 J10  Handling, transport, storage and protection of agricultural products
K1 Postharvest decay
K1 Latent infections
K1 Pathogenicity
AB The incidence and etiology of postharvest diseases affecting fresh date fruit in the palm grove of Elx(Spain) were determined under local environmental conditions. Latent and wound pathogens were assessed fortwo consecutive seasons on fruit of two important commercial cultivars, ‘Boufeggous’ and ‘Medjool’, grown indifferent orchards. Healthy dates were either surface-disinfected or artificially wounded in the rind and placed inhumid chambers at 20ºC for up to 7 weeks. Irrespective of cultivar, season, orchard, and type of infection, the mostimportant causal agents of disease were Penicillium expansum, Alternaria alternata, Cladosporium cladosporioides, anda black aspergillus species belonging to the Aspergillus niger clade. These fungi were identified by macroscopic andmicroscopic morphology and/or DNA amplification and sequencing. Their pathogenicity was demonstrated byfulfilling Koch’s postulates. Disease development at 20 and 5ºC was characterized on artificially inoculated dates
PB Mediterranean Phytopathological Union
SN 1593-2095
YR 2016
FD 2016
LK http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/6720
UL http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/6720
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NO Palou, L., Rosales, R., Taberner, V., & Vilella-Espla, J. (2016). Incidence and etiology of postharvest diseases of fresh fruit of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) in the grove of Elx (Spain). Phytopathologia Mediterranea, 55 (3), 391-400.
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RD Aug 16, 2022