Common Name of the rot Causal organism Percent Prevalence
Alternaria rot AlternariaalternataKeissl. 1.0
Black pox Helminthosporiumpopulosum Berg 0.5
Black rot Sphaeropsismalorum Pk. 0.5
Black mould rot Aspergillusniger van Tieghem 0.5
Blue mould rot Penicilliumexpansum Thom. 45.6
Bitter rot Glomerellacingulata (Ston.) Spauld. and Schren 14.0
Brown rot (Apple black) Moniliniafructigena (Aderh. and Ruhl.) Honey 10.8
Cladosporium rot Cladosporium herbarumLk. ex Fr. 0.5
Core rot Penicillium, Alternaria, Fusariumand Trichothecium spp 2.0
Eye rot Cylindrocarponmali (Allesch) Wr. 0.5
Fusarium rot Fusarium spp. 0.5
Gliocladium rot GliocladiumvirideMatr. 0.5
Grey mould rot Botrytis cinerea Pers. Ex Fr. 1.5
Pestalotia rot Pestalotiahartigii Tub. 0.5
Phytophtora rot Phytophthoracactorum (Leb. and Cohn) Schroe 0.5
Pink mould rot Trichotheciumroseum Link 12.6
Stalk end rot PhomamaliSchulz. andSacc. 1.0
Stemphylium rot Stemphyliumcongestum Newton 0.5
Soft rot MucorpiriformisFisch. 0.5
Sour rot Geotrichumcandidum Link 1.0
Whisker’s rot Rhizopus stolonifer (Her. Ex Fr.) Lind 5.0
Table 1: Prevalence of Post-harvest rots in Himachal Pradesh.