Post-harvest diseases of rambutan [Nephelium Lappaceum] in the Western Province

Abstract

Anthracnose, stem-end rot and brown spot were identified as the common post-harvest diseases of rambutans in the Western Province of Sri Lanka. The causative organisms of these diseases were isolated and identified as Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Penz.) Sacc., Botryodiplodia theobromae Pat. and Gliocephalotrichum microchlamydosporum J . A. Mey, B . J . Wiley & E .G . Simmons, respectively . The pathogenicity of these three fungi was proved by adopting Koch's postulates.