Annona Species Monograph.pdf - Crops for the Future
Annona Species Monograph.pdf - Crops for the Future
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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