Physiological studies of the fungi causing post-harvest losses of tomato fruits.
Akhtar, K. P.; Shakir, A. S.; Sahi, S. T.;
Pakistan Journal of Phytopathology Year: 1999 Vol: 11 Issue: 1 Pages: 25-29 Ref: 14 ref.
1999
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Studies on the effect of temperature on fungal growth revealed that Alternaria alternata, Fusarium oxysporum, Rhizopus stolonifer, Geotrichum candidum, Aspergillus niger and A. flavus grew best at 30, 30, 25, 20, 35 and 35 deg C respectively. None of the fungi grew at 5 deg and only negligible growth was observed at 10 deg . The effect of RH on mycelial growth of fungi causing postharvest losses of tomato showed that A. alternata, F. oxysporum and R. stolonifer grew best at 80% RH, while G. candidum, A. niger and A. flavus grew best at 100% RH. None of these fungi grew well at 50% RH.