Latent Infection of Papaya Caused byColletotrichum gloeosporioides

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C. gloeosporioides, the causal agent of anthracnose of papaya (C. papaya), has not previously been known to cause latent infections in green papaya fruit. C. gloeosporioides can initially establish itself on attached immature fruits by direct cuticular penetration. Fruit were infected at early stages of maturity but the fungus remained quiesent until the fruit reached the climacteric phase. Symptoms were then expressed as anthracnose or chocolate spot lesions; thus, papaya anthracnose has a latent stage in its development.

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