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Papaya (Carica papaya) fruit with fungal stem end rot symptoms caused by the plant-pathoegnic fungus, Phomopsis sp.

 

Papaya (Carica papaya) fruit with fungal stem end rot symptoms.

Papaya (Carica papaya) fruit with fungal stem end rot symptoms caused by the plant-pathogenic fungus Mycosphaerella.

Definition

Stem end rot is a disease symptom, mainly of fruits, where decay begins or affects the tissue where the stem or pedicel attaches to the fruit.