fruit with anthracnose severity index of 1.80e2.0 and 0.90‒1.20 for
stem-end rot. Fruit receiving distilledwater (untreated control) had
the highest indexes of fruit rot attributable to anthracnose
(3.80e3.90) and stem-end rot (2.30e2.50).
The efficiency of postharvest treatments, calculated as the %
reduction in severity of anthracnose or stem-end rot by a treatment
as compared to the untreated control, showed that fungicide
controlled anthracnose by 71.79%e79.31% and stem-end rot by
73.91%e80%. HWT inhibited anthracnose by 48.71%e52.63% and
stem-end rot by 48%e60.86%.
3.5. Mycoflora of fruit after storage
Fusarium verticillioides, Penicillium spp., Aspergillus spp., Pestalotiopsis
spp., L. theobromae, C. gloeosporioides and Acremonium spp.
were isolated on fruit tissues after 14 days. F. verticillioides, the
dominant fungus, was present in almost all tissues analyzed.
C. gloeosporioides and L. theobromae were particularly present on
epidermis with symptoms of anthracnose and stem-end rot,
respectively. The fungal population of each fungus, however, was
not determined.