GENETIC RESISTANCE TO BITTER ROT INCITED BY GLOMERELLA CINGULATA (STONEMAN.) SPAULDING & VON SCHRENK IN APPLE (MALUS DOMESTICA (BORKH.))

Identification of wild apple germplasm (Malus spp.) accessions with resistance to the postharvest decay pathogens Penicillium expansum and Colletotrichum acutatum

“…Bitter rot, caused by Colletotrichum acutatum , is also an important apple pathogen that occurs both pre‐ and postharvest in the mid‐Atlantic and southern United States (Biggs and Miller 2001). This disease is especially problematic in the field during hot and humid conditions and may result in 50–80% losses in unsprayed orchards (Camilo et al. 1988, Jones and Aldwinckle 1991).…”