Lasiodiplodia pseudotheobromae causes postharvest fruit rot of longan in Thailand

Abstract

Fruit rot disease of postharvest longan is a major limiting factor for the longan market in Thailand. The causal fungus was identified as Lasiodiplodia pseudotheobromae based on morphology and analysis of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and translation elongation factor 1-alpha (EF1-α) partial genes. This is the first record of L. pseudotheobromae causing fruit rot disease of postharvest longan in Thailand.