In general, preharvest treatments did not significantly affect
incidenceof anthracnose (Table 1). The lowest disease incidence
of44.4% was recorded on fruit treated with 3% sodium bicarbonate
at51.5C without preharvest PDIC. Since fruit showing any symptoms
of anthracnose, even small inconspicuous spots that did notaffect
market appeal, are counted as diseased, incidence gives an
indication of disease progress but not a good measure of the rotting
caused by the disease