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Transmission of Mucor rot of guava fruits by three species of fruit flies

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R.J. Ito
College of Tropical Agriculture, University of Hawaii, Beaumont Agricultural Research Center, Hilo, Hawaii, U.S.A.
R. Kunimoto
College of Tropical Agriculture, University of Hawaii, Beaumont Agricultural Research Center, Hilo, Hawaii, U.S.A.
W.H. Ko
College of Tropical Agriculture, University of Hawaii, Beaumont Agricultural Research Center, Hilo, Hawaii, U.S.A.
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Transmission of Mucor rot of guava fruits by three species of fruit flies. (1979). Tropical Agriculture, 56(1). https://journals.sta.uwi.edu/ojs/index.php/ta/article/view/2924
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Abstract

Mucor rot was transmitted from diseased to healthy guava fruits by three species of fruit flies commonly occurring in Hawaii. Mature flies were more efficient in transmitting this disease than immature flies. Sanitation greatly reduced the percentage of fruits infected with Mucor rot in six of eight cultivars tested.
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