Three post-harvest rots viz. Crown rot, Anthracnose and Cigar end rot were found to be more prevalent in the banana hands collected from Storage godowns, whole sale and Local markets. Crown rot disease was the most common disease affecting banana hands in more than 90% of the localities followed by anthracnose and cigar end rot. A total of 26 fungi were isolated from the rotted banana hands of which Colletotrichum musae and Verticillium theobromae caused anthracnose and cigar end rot when inoculated singly and in combination with Fusarium pallidoroseum, Lasiodiplodia theobromae produced crown rot only.
M. Talha Azeem, Saleem Shahzad, Nasreen Sultana. (2016) PREVALENCE AND DETECTION OF FUNGI ASSOCIATED WITH POST- HARVEST ROTS OF BANANA IN KARACHI, , Volume 13, Issue 4.
