Populations of Botrytis cinerea and Penicillium spp. on Pear Fruit, and in Orchards and Packinghouses, and Their Relationship to Postharvest Decay.

The aims of this study were to examine the sources and population sizes of Botrytis cinerea and Penicillium spp. in 'd'Anjou' pear orchards, packinghouses, and storage, and to determine the relationship between population sizes and postharvest decay. Densities of B.

Disease Incidence-Inoculum Dose Relationships for Botrytis cinerea and Penicillium expansum and Decay of Pear Fruit Using Dry, Airborne Conidia.

The objective of this research was to determine quantitative relationships between incidence of pear fruit decay and inoculum dose of Botrytis cinerea and Penicillium expansum using dry conidia applied to wet or dry pears in a settling tower. On wet fruit, incidence of gray mold fruit rot increased from 0.1 to 83.

Pear Scab: Components of Potential Ascospore Dose and Validation of an Ascospore Maturity Model.

Variables necessary to calculate potential ascospore dose (PAD) for Venturia pirina, the causal agent of pear scab, were measured: area of individual leaves averaged 20.0 cm, number of lesions per infected leaf ranged from 1.8 to 2.