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Table 6–8 Common Fungal Fruit and Vegetable Spoilage Conditions, Etiologic Agents, and
Typical Products Affected
Spoilage Condition
Etiologic Agent
Typical Products Affected
Alternaria rot
A. tenuis
Citrus fruits
Anthracnose (bitter rot)
Colletotrichum musae
Bananas
Anthracnose
C. lindemuthianum
Beans
C. lagenarium
Watermelons
Black rot
Aspergillus niger, Alternaria
Onions, cabbage
Black rot
Ceratocystis fimbriata
Sweet potatoes
Blue mold rot
Penicillium digitatum
Citrus fruits
Brown rot
Monilinia fructicola
Peaches, cherries
(= Sclerotinia fructicola)
Brown rot
Phytophthora spp.
Citrus fruits
Cladosporium rot
C. herbarum
Cherries, peaches
Crown rot
Colletotrichum musae
Bananas
(= Gloeosporium musarum),
Fusarium roseum,
Verticillium theobromae,
Ceratocystis paradoxa
Downy mildew
Plasmapara viticola, Phytophthora
Grapes
spp., Bremia spp.
Dry rot
Fusarium spp.
Potatoes
Gray mold rot
Botrytis cinerea
Grapes, many others
Green mold rot
Penicillium digitatum
Citrus fruits
Lenticel rot
Cryptosporiopsis malicorticis
Apples, pears
(= Gloeosporium perennans),
Phylctaena vagabunda
Pineapple black rot
Ceratocystis paradoxa
Pineapples
(= Thielaviopsis paradoxa)
Phytophthora rot
Colletotrichum coccodes
Vegetables
Pink mold rot
Trichothecium roseum
Rhizopus soft rot
Rhizopus stolonifer
Sweet potatoes, tomatoes
Slimy brown rot
Rhizoctonia spp.
Vegetables
“Smut” (black mold rot)
Aspergillus niger
Peaches, apricots
Sour rot
Geotrichum candidum
Tomatoes, citrus fruits
Stem-end rot
Phomopsis citri, Diplodia natalensis,
Citrus fruits
Alternaria citri
Watery soft rot
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum
Carrots
Wheat scab
Fusarium graminearum
Wheat, barley
Corn smut
Ustilago maydia
Corn
Rice blast
Magnaporaathe grisea
Rice
Potato blight
Phytophthora infestans
Potatoes
Blight
cinnamomi
Chestnut trees
Root rot
sojae
Soybeans
Sudden oak tree death
ramorum
oak trees