Induced Resistance of Stored Mango (Mangifera indica L.) Fruits to Mold Injection by Treatment with Colletotrichum gloesporioides L. Cell-Wall Hydrolysate (Oligo-saccharides)

Alternaria alternata (Black Rot, Black Spot)

“…Although interesting results have been obtained using UV-C irradiation, and heat treatments on the control of fungal decay in several stored commodities (Adikaram et al, 1988;Boulet et al, 1989;Rodov et al, 1992;Mercier et al, 1993), by the induction of disease resistance (Spott and Chen, 1987;Kim et al, 1991;Terry and Joyce, 2004), there is no information available about the effect of these treatments on the induction of disease resistance against A. alternata. Thus, it would be interesting to conduct studies to evaluate whether UV-C irradiation and heat treatments can stimulate resistance responses in fruits against the development of Alternaria rot.…”