Postharvest Diseases of Non-chemical Banana: Issues and Concerns

This book is the output of the author’s researches on postharvest pathology and mycology of banana. The significant findings has been systematically documented and found its course on this book. The book gives overview of banana banana grown by small-scale farmers without agricultural chemicals during production and postharvest activities (hereinafter referred to as “non-chemical bananas”). The postharvest diseases and the associated fungi of non-chemical bananas are described. Fungal population and succession on developing fruit, banana farm and postharvest diseases are shown. It documented the production and postharvest practices of non-chemical bananas by small-scale farmers and the factors that may have influenced the development of postharvest diseases are discussed.The book provides a handy visual guide for someone interested in diseases of banana fruit. The users will at once identify the postharvest diseases of banana and the causal-pathogens through the magnified illustrations in the microscope. It characterises the economic significance and functional role of mycoflora in postharvest disease development.