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Pacific Pests, Pathogens & Weeds

Jackfruit Rhizopus rot (324)


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Summary

  • Worldwide distribution. In soil, and on many hosts. Minor disease of jackfruit, whereas soft fruit and vegetables infected through wounds. In field, rots during long, wet weather; in storage, rots when temperatures and humidty high.
  • On flowers and young fruits. On mature fruits, soft, watery, brown spots covered in grey-brown, later black, furry mould. Fruit symptoms occur on tree and in storage.
  • Spread by spores in air; thick-walled spores for survival in soil, on plant debris, on seed.
  • Cultural control: prune to encourage air flow; remove infected fruits from trees, and ground; harvest and transport carefully; avoid storage at high humidity; if possible, store <10°C; clean packing shed, and use clean bins.
  • Chemical control: use mancozeb, benzimidazole, or triazole. To improve storage, apply 10-day pre-harvest spray.

Common Name

Jackfruit Rhizopus fruit rot

Scientific Name

Rhizopus stolonifer; previous names are Mucor stolifer, Rhizopus artocarpi, Rhizopus nigricans.


AUTHORS Grahame Jackson & Eric McKenzie 
Information from Soft rot of Jackfruit (undated) Plantwide Knowledge Bank. (https://www.plantwise.org/KnowledgeBank/factsheetforfarmers/20157800446); and Trakunsukharat P, et al. (2011) Rhizopus rot (Rhizopus stolonifer): PaDIL - http://www.padil.gov.au; and from (including Photos 1,2&4) McKenzie E (2013) (Rhizopus stolonifer): PaDIL - (http://www.padil.gov.au). Photo 3 Ellen Iramu, Honiara, Solomon Islands.

Produced with support from the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research under project PC/2010/090: Strengthening integrated crop management research in the Pacific Islands in support of sustainable intensification of high-value crop production, implemented by the University of Queensland and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community.

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