A Postharvest Fruit Rot Caused by Alternaria sp. on Imported Plum Tomatoes in South Florida
Vol. 2013 No. 2, Historical Fact Sheets
Vol. 2013 No. 2

A Postharvest Fruit Rot Caused by Alternaria sp. on Imported Plum Tomatoes in South Florida: PP303, 1/2013

Historical Fact Sheets
https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-pp303-2013
Published 2013-02-28
Zelalem Mersha
Shouan Zhang
University of Florida
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9316-3575
Jerry A. Bartz
University of Florida
Diseased tomato fruits and fruit with early and late fruit rot symptoms.
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Mersha, Zelalem, Shouan Zhang, and Jerry A. Bartz. 2013. “A Postharvest Fruit Rot Caused by Alternaria Sp. On Imported Plum Tomatoes in South Florida: PP303, 1/2013”. EDIS 2013 (2). Gainesville, FL. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-pp303-2013.
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Abstract

Florida’s deep-water ports are ideal for importing many fruits and vegetables, including tomatoes, by ship from the Caribbean as well as Central and South American production areas. These imports are often strictly regulated for pests, but some pathogens still escape quarantine. This 3-page fact sheet describes a postharvest problem on plum tomatoes that were imported from Mexico through South Florida in 2010. Alternaria sp. was isolated from lesions on diseased fruits, pathogenicity tests were conducted on healthy fruits, and symptoms identical to the originally submitted samples were developed. Written by Zelalem Mersha, Shouan Zhang, and Jerry A. Bartz, and published by the UF Department of Plant Pathology, January 2013. 

http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pp303 

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