Postharvest Diseases of Indian Gooseberry and Their Management: A Review

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Figure 1. Postharvest fungal diseases of Indian gooseberry: (I) Anthracnose by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides. (II) Fruit rot by Penicillium digitatum, (III) Soft rot by Phomopsis Phyllanthus. (IV) Fruit rot by Aspergillus niger.

Table 1. Fungal diseases of Indian gooseberry.

Name of the disease	Causal organism	Symptom	Reference
Blue mold	Penicillium islandicum	i. Water soaked areas are formed initially ii. Whitish mycelia emerges from the infection locus iii. Ultimately, the fruit becomes covered with bluish green pustules that give it a beaded appearance	Setty, 1959
Anthracnose	Colletotrichum gloeosporioides	Small, sunken, circular, dark brown lesions are produced on fruit surface.	Mishra and Shivpuri (1983)
Fruit rot	Penicillium oxalicum	Round, golden coloured colonies develop on the fruit surface.	Kulkarni and Sharma, 1971
	Penicillium digitatum	Entire fruit becomes covered with green moldy growth.	Akhund et al., 2010
	Phoma putaminum	Small eye-shaped pinkish brown lesions appear which ultimately coalesce to give the fruit a crinkled appearance.	Pandey et al., 1980; Jamaluddin et al., 1975
	Aspergillus niger	i. Initially, discoloration in the rind region followed by water soaked lesions ii. Finally, the fruit becomes covered with black, sooty mass of spores.	Srivastava et al., 1964
	Nigrospora sphaerica	i. Small dots appear initially which develop into larger black spot rings. ii. Several adjacent rings coalesce that result in complete rotting of the fruit	Kamthan et al., 1981
	Alternaria alternata	Brown necrotic lesions appear; fruits eventually become crinkled and rotted.	Pandey et al., 1984.
	Pestalotia cruenta	i. Brownish discoloration on the fruit. ii. Ultimately, the entire fruit becomes dark brown and mummified.	Tandon and Shrivastava (1964)
	Cladosporium tenuissimum C. cladosporioides	During the months of November to February when colorless circular patches develop on the fruit surface covered by light brown mycelia growth. From February onwards, dark brown necrotic lesions on the fruit surface	Jamaluddin, 1978
	Rhizopus stolonifer	i Water soaked areas appeared initially which were replaced by greyish mycelia ii. Ultimately entire fruit becomescovered with dark brown mycelium	Rathod (2010)
Soft rot	Phomopsis phyllanthi	i. Watery spots develop initially. ii. In the later stages, olive brown discoloration appears, with water soaked areas. iii. Finally the whole fruit becomes soft and pulpy.	Lal et al., 1982

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