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PENICILLIUM POLONICUM CAUSING A POSTHARVEST SOFT ROT OF CACTUS PEAR FRUITS

Article number

1067_26

Pages

193 – 197

Language

English

Abstract

Since 2007, a soft rot associated with a blue mold was observed on fruits of cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) in packinghouses and storage facilities in two major producing areas of the Catania province (eastern Sicily). Isolations from symptomatic fruits yielded consistently a fungal species identified as Penicillium polonicum on the basis of both morphological characteristics and sequencing of part of the β-tubulin gene.
Symptoms were reproduced by artificially inoculating mature cactus pear fruits with a conidial suspension of a P. polonicum isolate obtained from fruits with natural infections.
This is the first report of P. polonicum as both a resident and a pathogen on cactus pear worldwide.

Publication

VIII International Congress on Cactus Pear and Cochineal

Authors

R. Faedda, A. Pane, S.O. Cacciola, G. Granata, L. Salafia, F. Sinatra

Keywords

Opuntia ficus-indica, blue mold, postharvest decay, β-tubulin gene, Sicily

Full text

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2015.1067.26

Online Articles (58)

1. CACTUS PEAR FRUIT EXTRACT EXERTS ANTI-INFLAMMATORY EFFECTS IN CARRAGEENIN-INDUCED RAT PLEURISY

M. Allegra | L. Tesoriere | M.A. Livrea | A. Ianaro | E. Panza

2. MODIFICATION OF FRUIT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF PRICKLY PEAR ACCORDING TO THE DATE OF THE SECOND FLORAL BUD BLOOM

S.B.M. Hammami | M.K. Aounallah | A. Sahli | A. Jebari | T. Bettaieb

3. PHENOLOGY OF FLOWERING AND FRUITING OF CACTUS PEAR AND EFFECT OF NP FERTILIZING

M. Arba | A. Falisse | R. Choukrallah | R. Paul

4. EFFECT OF NP FERTILIZING ON FRUIT YIELD AND FRUIT QUALITY OF CACTUS PEAR

M. Arba | R. Paul | R. Choukrallah | A. Falisse | M. Sindic

5. LIPSTICK COLOUR CHANGE ASSOCIATED TO THE VARIATION OF CARMINE CONCENTRATION

6. MOLECULAR RESEARCH ON THE GENETIC DIVERSITY OF CACTUS (OPUNTIA SPP) USING THE SSR METHOD

7. COMPARATIVE MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF AREOLE AND GLOCHIDS OF TWO OPUNTIA SPECIES

A. Lloret-Salamanca | P.G. Lloret | M. Blasco | M.J. Angulo

8. DIFFERENCE IN THE INVASIVE POTENTIAL OF OPUNTIA GENUS INHABITING THE SOUTH OF IBERIAN PENINSULA

M. Blasco | M.J. Angulo | A. Lloret-Salamanca | P.G. Lloret | E. Moreno

9. GERMINATION OF CACTUS (OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA) SEEDS IRRADIATED WITH VARIOUS DOSES OF RADIATIONS MUTAGENIC TREATMENT

M. Boujghagh | R. Bouharroud | M. Mouhib

10. INFLUENCE OF THE TIMING OF FLOWERS AND YOUNG CLADODES REMOVAL ON REFLOWERING AND HARVEST PERIODS, YIELDS AND FRUITS QUALITY OF PRICKLY PEAR (OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA)

M. Boujghagh | R. Bouharroud

11. PHYSICOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND OXIDATIVE STABILITY OF OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA SEED OIL FROM MOROCCO

12. FRUIT YIELD AND QUALITY OF CACTUS PEAR (OPUNTIA SPP.) CULTIVARS IN THE CENTRAL FREE STATE, SOUTH AFRICA

G.M. Coetzer | H.J. Fouche

13. EFFECTIVENESS OF TECHNOLOGICAL TREATMENTS FOR SHELF-LIFE EXTENSION OF READY-TO-EAT CACTUS PEAR FRUITS

14. QUALITY AND SAFETY OF WINE MADE FROM INTACT AND PEELED FRUITS OF CACTUS PEAR (OPUNTIA SPP.)

J. Corrales-García | F. Esparza- Torres | D. Jiménez-Montoya | L.A. Miranda-Romero | M. del Rosario García-Mateos

15. PRESTORAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE CONDITIONING AT 38°C AND HIGH OR LOW HUMIDITY AMELIORATES STORABILITY OF CACTUS PEAR FRUIT (OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA ‘GIALLA’)

16. DECAY CONTROL OF CACTUS PEAR BY PRE- AND POST-COLD STORAGE DIP TREATMENTS WITH FLUDIOXONIL, SODIUM BICARBONATE AND WATER AT 50°C

17. EFFECT OF EDIBLE COATING ON ASCORBIC ACID, BETALAINS, ORGANIC ACIDS, SUGAR, POLYPHENOL CONTENT AND ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY IN MINIMALLY PROCESSED CACTUS PEAR (OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA)

A. Palma | M. Schirra | S. D'Aquino | S. La Malfa | A. Continella

18. EFFECT OF 1-MCP ON CACTUS PEARS STORED AT 20°C

19. QUALITY AND DESCRIPTIVE TERMINOLOGY OF TACINGA INAMOENA (K. SCHUM.) FRUITS

20. BETALAINS AND ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY IN FRUITS OF CACTACEAE FROM BRAZILIAN SEMIARID

21. CHANGES DURING MATURATION IN THE BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS AND ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF OPUNTIA STRICTA (HAW.) FRUITS

22. PRESERVING MASHED CACTUS PEAR (OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA) FRUIT WITH WHEAT STRAW, MAIZE HAY OR LUCERNE HAY

H.O. de Waal | W.J. Combrinck | H.J. Fouche

23. THE EFFECT OF GENOTYPE, LOCATION AND SEASON ON THE LIPID CONTENT AND LIPID COMPOSITION OF CACTUS PEAR (OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA) SEED

M. de Wit | N.C. Shongwe | A. Hugo

24. FORAGE POTENTIAL OF CACTI ON DRYLANDS

25. ANTIOXIDANT CONTENT AND CAPACITY OF FRUIT FROM DIFFERENT COLOUR CACTUS PEAR (O. FICUS-INDICA AND O. ROBUSTA) CULTIVARS

A. du Toit | M. de Wit | G. Osthoff | A. Hugo

26. PENICILLIUM POLONICUM CAUSING A POSTHARVEST SOFT ROT OF CACTUS PEAR FRUITS

27. RESPONSE OF CACTUS PEAR (OPUNTIA SPP.) BIOMASS PRODUCTION TO FRUIT LOAD

H.J. Fouche | G.M. Coetzer

28. NUTRIENT EVALUATION AND IN VITRO DIGESTIBILITY OF PRICKLY PEAR CACTUS (OPUNTIA STREPTHACANTA) AND AGAVE FLOWERS (AGAVE SPP.) USING CELLULASE FOR GOATS

29. STUDY OF THE IMPORTANCE OF EMOTIONAL FACTORS CONNECTED TO THE COLORS OF FRESH-CUT CACTUS PEAR FRUITS IN CONSUMER PURCHASE CHOICES FOR A MARKETING POSITIONING STRATEGY

S. Chironi | M. Ingrassia

30. POLLEN MORPHOLOGY AND REPRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCES IN OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA (L.) MILL.

31. GIBBERELLIC ACID APPLICATION AND ITS INCIDENCE ON IN VITRO SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS AND FRUIT PARTHENOCARPY IN AN APOMICTIC CACTUS PEAR (OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA (L.) MILL.) CLONE

N. Kaaniche-Elloumi | E. Jedidi | K.B. Mahmoud | A. Chakroun | A. Jemmali

32. SEM AND HISTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS PERFORMED ON CACTUS PEAR (OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA (L.) MILL.) OVULES EXPLANTS

E. Jedidi | K.B. Mahmoud | N. Kaaniche-Elloumi | A. Jemmali

33. PROSPECTS OF CACTUS INTRODUCTION FOR IMPROVING LIVELIHOOD IN LOW RAINFALL REGIONS OF INDIA

M.M. Roy | S. Kumar | P.R. Meghwal | A. Kumar

34. CACTUS PEAR (O. FICUS-INDICA (L.) MILL.) FRUIT PRODUCTION: ECOPHYSIOLOGY, ORCHARD AND FRESH-CUT FRUIT MANAGEMENT

G. Liguori | P. Inglese

35. EFFECT OF DIFFERENT CUTTING INTENSITIES ON MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND PRODUCTIVITY OF IRRIGATED NOPALEA FORAGE CACTUS

36. SCREENING FOR COLD TOLERANT CACTUS SPECIES (OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA) FOR WEST ASIA REGION

M. Louhaichi | S. Hassan | S. Ate | A. Nefzaoui

37. A PRELIMINARY MODEL OF OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA (L.) MILL. SUITABILITY FOR JORDAN

M. Louhaichi | A.G. Park | R. Mata-Gonzalez | D.E. Johnson | Y.M. Mohawesh

38. QUALITY PERCEPTION AND CONSUMER CHOICE OF CACTUS PEAR: RESULTS OF DIRECT SURVEY IN ITALY

G. Migliore | M. Crescimanno | G. Schifani | P. Romeo | A. Galati

39. CLADODE BIOMASS COMPOSITION OF SELECTED CLONES FROM AN OPUNTIA SPP. COLLECTION

M. Mulas | L. Dessena | I. Chessa

40. EFFECT OF ROW SPACING AND NUMBER OF MOTHER CLADODES ON FORAGE PRODUCTIVITY OF OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA GROWN UNDER SALINE CONDITIONS

Y. Nasr | H. Saleh | A.J. Al-Dakheel

41. CACTUS PEAR IN JORDAN – CURRENT STATUS, POTENTIAL AND OPPORTUNITIES

Y. Nasr

42. CHARACTERIZATION OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF OPUNTIA FRUIT PULP – CHANGES IN CACTUS FRUIT AROMA AS A CONSEQUENCE OF PULP PROCESSING

S.A. Rodríguez | S. Díaz | M.A. Nazareno

43. BETALAIN PROFILE AND ANTIOXIDANT PHYTOCHEMICALS OF OPUNTIA FRUITS FROM SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO, ARGENTINA

Y. Coria-Cayupán | M.A. Nazareno

44. CACTUS BETALAINS CAN BE USED AS ANTIOXIDANT COLORANTS PROTECTING FOOD CONSTITUENTS FROM OXIDATIVE DAMAGE

Y. Coria-Cayupán | M.A. Nazareno

45. IMPORTANCE OF BIOTIC FACTORS AND IMPACT ON CACTUS PEAR PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

M.J. Ochoa | E. Lobos | L. Portillo | A.L. Vigueras

46. PITAYAS (STENOCEREUS SPP.) AND PITAHAYAS (HYLOCEREUS UNDATUS) IN ART, HISTORY AND LITERATURE

A. Rodríguez Canto

47. SOFT-DRINKS PREPARED WITH PULP, ULTRAFILTRATED AND NANOFILTRATED PURPLE CACTUS PEAR MICROPARTICLES: BETALAINS STABILITY

48. GENETIC DIVERSITY OF OPUNTIA CULTIVARS USING PCR-RFLP ANALYSIS BASED ON FRUITFULL GENE

49. MORPHOLOGICAL SEED DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN CULTIVARS OF XOCONOSTLES AND TUNAS (OPUNTIA SPP.)

S. Samah | E. Valadez-Moctezuma | E. Ventura-Zapata

50. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF PITAHAYAS – DRAGONFRUIT – VINE CACTI: LIMITATIONS AND CHALLENGES AND THE CURRENT GLOBAL MARKET

N. Tel-Zur

51. COSTS, REVENUES AND INCOMES OF SICILIAN FARMS THAT CULTIVATE CACTUS PEAR

S. Tudisca | A.M. Di Trapani | F. Sgroi | R. Testa

52. CACTUS PEAR CONSUMPTION IN SICILY: RESULTS OF AN INTERCEPT SURVEY IN LARGE-SCALE RETAILERS

G. Timpanaro | A. Urso | D. Spampinato | V.T. Foti

53. VITAMIN E OCCURRENCE IN ANTIOXIDANT POOL OF OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA (L.) MILL. CLADODES

54. ENZYMATIC EXTRACTION OF PECTIN FROM OPUNTIA FICUS-INDICA CLADODES

M.M. Tripodo | F. Lanuzza | F. Mondello | F. Occhiuto | E.M. Galati

55. FRESH-CUT CACTUS PEAR MARKET IN ITALY: CURRENT SCENARIO AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES

G. Timpanaro | A. Urso | D Spampinato | V.T. Foti

56. CACTUS PEAR MARKET IN ITALY: COMPETITIVENESS AND PERSPECTIVES

G. Timpanaro | A. Urso | D. Spampinato | V.T. Foti

57. IRRIGATION ENHANCES POSTHARVEST PERFORMANCE OF ‘CRISTALINA’ CACTUS PEAR FRUIT

J.A. Zegbe | A. Serna-Pérez | J. Mena-Covarrubias

58. CACTUS MUCILAGE AS A COATING FILM TO ENHANCE SHELF LIFE OF UNPROCESSED GUAVAS (PSIDIUM GUAJAVA L.)

J.A. Zegbe | J. Mena-Covarrubias | V.S.I. Domínguez-Canales