Fruit rot of Strawberry pear (pitaya) caused by <Emphasis Type="Italic">Bipolaris cactivora</Emphasis> |
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| Authors: | Satoshi Taba Nao Miyahira Kanami Nasu Tetsuya Takushi Zen-ichi Moromizato |
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| Institution: | (1) Faculty of Agriculture, University of the Ryukyus, 1 Senbaru, Nishihara-cho, Okinawa 903-0213, Japan;(2) Okinawa Prefectural Agricultural Research Center, 820 Makabe, Itoman, Okinawa 901-0336, Japan;(3) Present address: Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan |
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| Abstract: | Strawberry pear (pitahaya, pitaya) Hylocereus undatus (Haw.) Britt. and Rose] postharvest fruit rot was found at an agricultural products store in Itoman city, Okinawa Prefecture
in 2006. The symptoms included depressed, water-soaked lesions with olive to black powdery spots coalescing into a soft rot.
The causal fungus was identified as Bipolaris cactivora (Petrak) Alcorn. This is the first report of strawberry pear fruit rot caused by B. cactivora. |
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| Keywords: | Pitaya Fruit rot Bipolaris cactivora Water-soaked lesions Black powdery spot |
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