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CHAPTER 8: Postharvest Diseases of Pome Fruits

D. A. Rosenberger, H. Förster, Dov Prusky, J. E. Adaskaveg

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Pome fruit species are cultivated worldwide and are the main fresh table fruits consumed in some areas; the most familiar pome fruits are apples (Malus spp.) and pears (Pyrus spp.). This chapter discusses the origin of pome fruits and their economic importance along with major and minor postharvest diseases, including their level of importance, causal organism(s), symptoms, disease cycle and epidemiology, critical biological and environmental factors that favor disease, and management.

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Pome fruit species are cultivated worldwide and are the main fresh table fruits consumed in some areas; the most familiar pome fruits are apples (Malus spp.) and pears (Pyrus spp.). This chapter discusses the origin of pome fruits and their economic importance along with major and minor postharvest diseases, including their level of importance, causal organism(s), symptoms, disease cycle and epidemiology, critical biological and environmental factors that favor disease, and management.

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Pome fruit species are cultivated worldwide and are the main fresh table fruits consumed in some areas; the most familiar pome fruits are apples (Malus spp.) and pears (Pyrus spp.). This chapter discusses the origin of pome fruits and their economic importance along with major and minor postharvest diseases, including their level of importance, causal organism(s), symptoms, disease cycle and epidemiology, critical biological and environmental factors that favor disease, and management.

Key concepts: Pome, Postharvest, Malus, Horticulture, Biology

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