Use of fungicides in the postcose management of persian lemon (Citrus Latifolia)

Abstract

Studies have identified that the responsible fungi that limit the shelf life of citrus fruits are mainly: Penicillium digitatum (55-80%); Penicillium italicum (2-30%); Alternaria citri and A. alternata (8-15%); Botrytis cinerea (8-20%): Colletotrichum gloesporioides (2.5-6%); Geotrichum candidum (2-3%); Rhizopus stolonifer and R. oryzae (1-3%); Phytophtora citrophtora (2%) (Salvador et al., 2007). The objective of the experiment to evaluate the effectiveness of two fingicides for the control of diseases caused by fungi in Persian lemon (Citrus latifolia) in postharvest. The Project was carried out in Cuajilote, Cuitláhuac, Ver. Translating the samples to the general laboratory number 4 of the Faculty of Biological and Agricultural Sciences, Orizaba-Córdoba region, of the Universidad Veracruzana. The treatments where Bankit Gold® fungicides (Azoxystrobin + Fludioxonil) and Magnate Sulphate® (Imazalil) were applied in Persian lemon (Citrus latifolia) in the post-harvest process, did not have presence of pathogens that cause damage to the fruit. fungicides fulfilled their objective, however, treatment 1 (absolute control) had presence of the pathogen Penicillium spp. in its evaluation at 30 DDA, this, based on the results of the microbiological analysis of Persian lemon (Citrus latifolia), the contamination by Penicillium spp. It was probably in the storage of the Persian lemon (Citrus latifolia). Regarding the results of the physicochemical properties are within the quality parameters.