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Annona Species Monograph.pdf - Crops for the Future

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Chapter 10. Agronomy<br />

Common Name Specific Name Affected Plant Country/Region<br />

Parts<br />

Seedling blight Pithyium spp. Seedlings Universal<br />

Bacterial wilt Ralstonia solanacearum Roots and canopy Australia and Brazil<br />

Anthracnose Colletotrichum<br />

gloeosporioides<br />

(Glomerella cingulata)<br />

Leaves, young stems<br />

and fruits<br />

Universal<br />

Black canker<br />

and Diplodia rot<br />

Phomopsis spp.,<br />

P. anonacearum,<br />

Botryodiplodia<br />

<strong>the</strong>obromae<br />

Leaf scorch, twigs<br />

and fruits, fruits in<br />

storage<br />

Universal<br />

Purple blotch Phytophthora palmivora Fruits Seveal countries<br />

Brown rot and<br />

Peduncles and fruit<br />

fruit rots<br />

Rhizopus stolonifer,<br />

Gliocladium roseum,<br />

Phytophthora spp.<br />

Brazil, India and<br />

American countries,<br />

Universal<br />

Minor diseases<br />

Burn of string Corticium koleroga Leaves and twigs Amazon region<br />

Zoned spot Sclerotium coffeicolum Leaves Amazon region<br />

Blight Phoma spp. Leaves, stems and Mexico<br />

twigs<br />

Black scab Fusarium spp. Trunk, branches and Mexico<br />

twigs<br />

Fumagina Stigmella spp. Leaves, stems and Universal<br />

twigs<br />

Rust fungus Phakopsora cherimoliae Leaves USA (Florida)<br />

Rubelose Corticum salmonicolor Branches and twigs Brazil<br />

Leaf spot Cercospora anonae Leaves Brazil<br />

Armillaria root Armillaria luteobubalina Roots, base of tree, Ausralia<br />

rot<br />

decline<br />

Nematodes Helicotylenchus spp. and<br />

Meloidogyne spp.<br />

Roots<br />

Universal<br />

Bacterial wilt is an important root disease, which was responsible <strong>for</strong> 70% of<br />

<strong>the</strong> deaths of atemoya trees established on sugar apple rootstocks in Australia<br />

(Nakasone and Paull, 1998). This disease is caused by <strong>the</strong> bacterium<br />

Ralstonia solanacearum and is manifested by rapid wilting and <strong>the</strong> death of<br />

young trees. Collar rots, dark internal discolouration of <strong>the</strong> root wood tissue,<br />

tree decline and eventual death are <strong>the</strong> symptoms on adult trees (George et<br />

al., 1987). Some cherimoya cultivars are recommended as resistant<br />

rootstocks, such as ‘White’ in Cali<strong>for</strong>nia and ‘Negrito’ and ‘Cristalino’ in<br />

Spain (George et al., 1987). There is no chemical control <strong>for</strong> this disease.<br />

There are several diseases attacking <strong>the</strong> fruits of <strong>Annona</strong> species during <strong>the</strong><br />

preharvest and post-harvest phases: anthracnose, black canker, diplodia rot,<br />

purple blotch and brown rot (Rao et al., 1962; Junqueira et al., 1996; Pinto<br />

and Silva, 1996; Rebollar-Alviter et al., 1997; Nakasone and Paull, 1998).<br />

Fruit rot caused by Phytophthora is prevalent on cherimoya, as well as<br />

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