Ascorbic acid status and aflatoxin production in ripe fruits of jujube infected with Aspergillus flavus
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YASH PAUL SINGH and GEETA SUMBALI
Department of Botany. University of Jammu. Jammu 180 006
Keywords:
Aspergillus. flavus, jujube fruits, aflatoxin, ascorbic acid, post-harvestAbstract
Although eighteen different fungal species caused postharvest decay of jujube (Ziziphus mauritiana) fruits, only Aspergillus flavus infection was of significance. This post-harvest pathogen not only resulted in maximum loss of ascorbic acid from thefruit tissues but also induced aflatoxin production during pathogenesis. It was noted that approximately 85.7% of the A. flavus isolates associated with jujube decay were toxic.
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