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Table 5. Diseases of Pineapple (Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.)
Disease common name(s) Cause(s)
Bacteria
Acetic souring Acetic acid bacteria
Bacterial fruitlet brown rot Erwinia ananas pv. ananas
Bacterial heart rot Erwinia chrysanthemi
Fruit collapse Erwinia chrysanthemi
Marbled fruit Acetobacter spp., A. peroxydans, Erwinia herbicola var. ananas,
Pink fruit Acetobacter aceti, Erwinia herbicola, Gluconobacter oxydans,
Soft rot Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora
Fungi and stramenopiles
Anthracnose Colletotrichum ananas
Aspergillus rot Aspergillus flavus
Botryodiplodia rot Lasiodiplodia theobromae (syn. Botryodiplodia theobromae)
Chalara paradoxa (syn. Thielaviopisis paradoxa; teleomorph:
Black rot (water blister) Ceratocystis paradoxa)

Chalara paradoxa (syn. Thielaviopisis paradoxa; teleomorph:
Butt rot Ceratocystis paradoxa)

Candida guilliermondi, Fusarium guttiforme (syns. F. subglutinans,
Fruitlet core rot F. moniliforme), Penicillium funiculosum

Fusariosis (gummosis) Fusarium guttiforme (syns. F. subglutinans, F. moniliforme)
Glassy spoilage Yeasts
Hendersonula fruit rot Hendersonula toruloidea
Interfruitlet corking Penicillium funiculosum
Leaf spot Curvularia eragrostidis (teleomorph: Cochliobolus eragrostidis)
Leathery pocket Penicillium funiculosum
Nigrospora fruit rot Nigrospora sphaerica
Phytophthora heart rot Phytophthora cinnamomi, P. nicotianae
Rhizopus rot Rhizopus oryzae, R. stolonifer
Root rot Pythium spp., Py. arrhenomanes
Seedling blight Pythium spp.

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