TNAU Agritech Portal :: Crop Protection

Horticultural crops :: Fruits:: Apple

Soft rot: Penicillium expansum

Symptom

Young spots starts from stem end of the fruit as light brown watery rot. As the fruit ripens area of the rotting increases,
Skin becomes wrinkled.
A peculiar musty odour is emitted
Under humid condition a bluish green sporulating growth appears.
Infection take place by wounds in the skin caused by insects and during handing in storage and transport

Management