Division of Plant Pathology, Sher-e-kashmir University of Agriculture Science and Technology of Kashmir, Shalimar Campus, Srinagar, India
Research Article
Studies on Predominant Epiphytic Micro-flora as Antagonists to Postharvest Pathogens of Apple
Author(s): Aqleema Banoo*, Efath Shahnaz, Saba Banday, Rovidha Rasool, Taibah Bashir and Rabia Latif
Apple (Malus domestica Borkh) is an important horticultural crop that is affected by the number of diseases round the year. The fruit is particularly susceptible to a number of pathogens both pre- and post-harvest. Management of these diseases is based mostly on the application of synthetic fungicides with obvious disadvantages of environmental pollution, health hazards, pathogen resistance, etc. In the present study, eleven epiphytes were isolated using potato dextrose agar, nutrient agar and yeast maltose agar media. Amongst them, five fungal isolates viz., Aspergillus sp. (I1), Penicillium sp. (I2), Fusarium sp. (I3), Rhizopus sp. (I4) and Alternaria sp. (I5) and six bacterial isolates viz., Pseudomonas sp. (I6), Pseudomonas sp. (I7), .. View more»