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First report of Lasiodiplodia theobromae rot in ripe jack fruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.) in Sri Lanka

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Several ripe jack fruits, harvested from a row of trees grown along the wayside in a 150 acre-fruit cultivation in Madatugama (off Dambulla, Central Province, Sri Lanka), were observed with large, up to about 15 cm diameter, blackish and isolated multiple lesions on the syncarp or the outer peel in June 2018. A black color fungus, associated with the diseased syncarp tissues and inner fruitlets underneath the lesions, was isolated on PDA and identified as Lasiodiplodia theobromae (Pat.) Griffon and Maubl.≡ Botryodiplodia theobromae Pat. The disease was diagnosed as Lasiodiplodia fruit rot. This is the first report of the Lasiodiplodia fruit disease in jackfruit in Sri Lanka.

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This research work was assisted by the National Research Council of Sri Lanka Research Grant NRC PPP 17-01.

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  1. National Institute of Fundamental Studies (NIFS), Hantana Road, Kandy, 20000, Sri Lanka

    Nimal Adikaram, Lakshika Manawadu & Lalith Jayasinghe

  2. Department of Botany, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, 20400, Sri Lanka

    Deepthi Yakandawala

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Adikaram, N., Manawadu, L., Jayasinghe, L. et al. First report of Lasiodiplodia theobromae rot in ripe jack fruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.) in Sri Lanka. Indian Phytopathology 73, 583–585 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42360-020-00243-w

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