Storage Rot of California-Grown Kiwifruit

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Abstract
Storage rot of kiwifruit grown in California were reported from several packinghouses. Botyrtis cinerea, Alternaria sp. and Penicillium sp. were routinely isolated from softened internal portions of the fruit. When healthy kiwifruits were inoculated, the suspected pathogens were reisolated after 8 wk, but only B. cinerea and Penicillium sp. produced a soft rot at low temperatures. Only B. cinerea, however, was able to incite the characteristic disease symptoms.

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