Susceptibility of Strawberry Varieties to Post‐harvest Fungal Spoilage

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Abstract
The susceptibility of strawberry fruits from eleven varieties, Cambridge Favourite, Cambridge Vigour, Cambridge Prizewinner, Red Gauntlet, Chanil, Domanil, Grandee, Litessa, Tamella. Senga Gigana and Precosana, to post‐harvest spoilage fungi was investigated over the 1974 and 1975 seasons. Although the fruit from the different varieties from each of two sites at each harvest was contaminated with a similar level of fungi, the pattern of development of the spoilage fungi revealed marked differences between some varieties. Botrytis cinerea and Mucor mucedo were the predominant spoilage fungi on all varieties with Rhizopus sexualis and R. stolonifer being of minor importance. The relative importance of these fungi changed on all varieties as the season progressed, although to a different degree according to variety, site and season. Cambridge Vigour, Senga Gigana, and Chanil were the most susceptible varieties, while Red Gauntlet was the most resistant, especially to the Phycomycetes.