[{
  "type": "article-journal",
  "title": "First Report of Geotrichum candidum from Pakistan Causing Postharvest Sour Rot in Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica)",
  "author": [
    {
      "family": "Hafeez",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Akhtar",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Shoaib",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Bashir",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Haider",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Awan",
      "given": ""
    }
  ],
  "issued": {
    "date-parts": [[2015]]
  },
  "container-title": "Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences",
  "ISSN": "1018-7081",
  "volume": "25",
  "issue": "6",
  "page": "1737-1740",
  "DOI": "NA",
  "abstract": "<p>Post-harvest diseases of fruits are the major threat to fruit quality and cause heavy economic losses. During a survey of the local fruit market in Lahore in the summer of 2014, several samples of rotted loquat fruits were collected to identify the causal organism.&nbsp;<em>Geotrichum candidum&nbsp;</em>(FCBP1335) was isolated, purified and identified initially on the basis of morphological characteristics. Further confirmation of identified fungus was carried out by sequencing the Amplified Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) sequence (ITS1-5.8S rDNA-ITS4 region) from total genomic DNA of the isolated causal fungus. Re-isolation of same fungal pathogen from the artificially innoculated loquat fruits fulfilled the Koch&rsquo;s postulates. To our knowledge,&nbsp;<em>G. candidum&nbsp;</em>is reported for the first time, causing rotting in loquat fruit not only from Pakistan but also from the world. Present investigation will be very helpful for management of this post-harvest disease.</p>",
  "publisher": "Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum",
  "URL": "https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=2015-JAPS-233"
}]