Apparently, the fruits appeared quite normal. When ring was removed, a thick mycelial mat was found along with the heavy sprouting of conidia of the fungus particularly at the placental region. The infection gradually penetrated the deeper regions of the fruit and within 5-6 days entire fruit was involved and become rotten. The pathogenecity tests gave positive results. The fungus was cultured on PDA and identified to be Aspergillus aculeatus Iiz. Earlier A. aculeatus has not been found on Citrus reticulata fruits causing soft rot in India. The specimen has been deposited at the Department of Botany, K.S. Saket P.G. College, Faizabad as Accession No. RSK -306.
Cited this as: Kanaujia R.S. (1979): A new Aspergillus storage rot of Mandarin orange in India. Indian Phytopathology. 32(4): 620-621.
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