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PATHOGENS ASSOCIATED WITH ROT OF AVOCADO FRUIT AND THEIR CONTROL

Objective

Isolate and identify pathogens from avocados that develop stem end rots and side rots at the firm-ripe stage from avocados. Evaluate the impact of snapand clip-harvest, a practice that greatly reduces decay losses in preliminary tests, on the number of decayed avocados and the spectrum of causative pathogens.

Investigators
Smilanick, Joseph
Institution
USDA - Agricultural Research Service
Start date
1999
End date
2004
Funding Source
Agricultural Research Service
Project number
5302-43000-032-03T
Accession number
403783
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