Fruit rots ofCapsicum annuum L. andC. frutescens L. in Nigeria. Part III. Effect of post-harvest infection by two Fusaria species on a few nutrients
✍ Scribed by Adisa, V. A.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1983
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 275 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0027-769X
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✦ Synopsis
Fruit rots of
Capsicum annuum L. and C. frutescens L. in Nigeria. Part HI. Effect of post-harvest infection by two Fusaria species on a few nutrients V. A. ADISA
The effects of temperature on rot infections produced by Fusurium oxysporum and F. equiseti on the sugars and ascorbic acid levels in pepper fruits were investigated. There was a gradual decrease to a total loss of ascorbic acid in infected fruits (at 25 "C) with increase in incubation period (14 days). In infected fruits stored at 30 "C during the 8 days of incubation, a total loss of this acid was also recorded. There were fluctuations in the levels of reducing sugars in diseased fruits stored for 8 days at different temperatures while a gradual decrease in amount of sugars was recorded in infected fruits at a temperature of 25 "C during 14 days of incubation.