Journal of General Plant Pathology 73 (5) : 374-376. 2007.
2007
บทคัดย่อ
Fruit rot of strawberry pear (pitaya) caused by Bipolaris cactivoraStrawberry 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.