Identification Symptoms

  • The diseases appear as water-soaked spots covering the entire fruit within 3 to 4 days.
  • Rotted fruits become soft and dark brown and later numerous acervuli are seen in rotted zones.
  • The fungal colonies are yellowish white.
  • Mycelium is branched & septate.
  • Acervuli are black, globose to sub-globose
  • Conidiophores are short and simple
  • Conidia are fusiform, 4-septata.
  • Middle three cells are dark brown.
  • End cells are hyaline and pointed.
  • Apical cell is with 1 to 3 hyaline setulae.