Effect of fungicide treatment timing on postharvest decay of Anjou pear fruit
Author: P. G. Sanderson
Published: 2000
Summary: A large proportion of primary infections (75-90%) by B. cinerea appear to occur in the first two weeks after harvest. These infections are likely initiated by inoculum deposited on fruit at or before harvest. Primary infections can be controlled with fungicides in the first two weeks after harvest. Only secondary infections will be controlled after that. Secondary infections may double the number of fruit lost to gray mold. Other postharvest pathogens, P. malicorticis in particular, may infect fruit at harvest and those infections can be effectively controlled by postharvest applications of fungicides.
