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Avocados
Bananas
Mangoes
Papayas
Pineapples
Fruit ripening
Non climacteric fruits
have a respiration rate which at a given
temperature remains roughly constant during
the postharvest period
are not capable of significant changes after
harvest because they have no starch reserves
must be allowed to remain on the plant until
they have attained satisfactory eating quality
examples: citrus, grapes, cherries, pineapple
Postharvest diseases tropical fruits
Climacteric fruits
avocado
avocado anthracnose
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banana
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anthracnose on banana
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Verticillium on banana
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Verticillium theobromae
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Sigatoka disease
Mycosphaerella fijiensis
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mango
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Mango anthracnose
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papaya
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papaya anthracnose
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pineapple
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rot/black spot)
caused by Gibberella fujikuroi var. subglutinans
(asexual stage: Fusarium moniliforme var.
subglutinans), Penicillium funiculosum,
Pseudomonas ananas
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