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Plant Biotechnology and Agriculture
Volume 6
Advances in Crop Science and Technology
ISSN: 2329-8863
Agri World 2018
March 05-07, 2018
Post-harvest mycoflora of some fruits fromAd Darb Market, Jizan, Saudi Arabia
Syeda Fatima Manzelat
Jizan University, KSA
T
his is the first study of post-harvest mycoflora of fruits from Ad Darb region of Jizan province. A total number of 14
samples of fruits from the local markets of the place with post-harvest spoilage fungi were collected and screened for
mycoflora during March 2015 to February 2017. The mycoflora was cultured on potato dextrose agar plates and Czapek Dox
agar plates. A qualitative and quantitative assessment of mycoflora was carried out by the fungal cultures on the petri plates and
the slides were identified by microscopic and macroscopic characteristics. A total of 64 fungal isolates represented by 9 fungal
genera were isolated from the samples belonging to the three classes of fungi i.e. Oomycetes, Zygomycetes and Ascomycetes.
The post-harvest mycoflora was represented by
Pythium, Rhizopus, Saccharomyces sp., Aspergillus, Cladosporium, Dresclera,
Fusarium, Penicillium
and
Sphaerotheca
. The most predominant genera were
Aspergillus
followed by
Fusarium
and
Penicillium
.
Percentage Disease Incidence ranged from 20-30%. The information on the diverse groups of post-harvest mycoflora can help
in effective management and minimization of post-harvest economic losses. Apart from the economic losses the post-harvest
mycoflora are pathogenic.
Aspergillus, Fusarium
and
Penicillium
isolated are highly mycotoxigenic and are a potential risk to
human health. They produce mycotoxins which are responsible for several diseases.
drsyedafatima@hotmail.comAdv Crop Sci Tech 2018, Volume 6
DOI: 10.4172/2329-8863-C1-006