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. 2024 Sep 20;13(9):813. doi: 10.3390/pathogens13090813

Table 9.

Aspergillus spp. associated with diseases of tropical fruit crops.

Fruit Crop/Disease Aspergillus spp. Country References
Banana
(Musa spp.)
Fruit rot A. niger, A. flavus Dhaka, Bangladesh [170]
Aspergillus spp. South Gujarat [171]
A. niger, A. flavus Kono, Nigeria [172]
A. niger, A. fumigatus,
A. flavus
Sokoto, Nigeria [173]
A. tamarii Malaysia [174]
Crown rot A. niger, A. flavus Jimma town, Ethiophia [175]
Aspergillus sp. Kerala, India [176]
Mango
(Mangifera indica)
Fruit rot A. niger Sri Lanka, Iran [177,178]
A. flavus, A. niger Saudi Arabia, Faisalabad, Pakistan [179,180]
A. niger, A. oryzae Nasarawa State, Nigeria [181]
A.niger, A. flavus,
A. fumigatus, A. terreus
Dhaka, Bangladesh [170]
Pineapple
(Ananas comosus)
Fruit rot A. flavus Nigeria [167]
A. flavus. A. niger Osun State, Nigeria [182]
black Aspergillus Anambra State, Nigeria [183]
Papaya
(Carica papaya)
Fruit rot A. niger, A. terreus, A. flavus, A. ochraceous, A. tamarii,
A. fumigatus
Gorakhpur, India [184]
A. flavus Maharashtra, India [185]
A. niger Uttar Pradesh, India [186]
A. niger, A. flavus Osun State, Nigeria [182]
Guava
(Psidium guajava)
Crown rot A. flavus, A. fumigatus,
A. japonicus, A. niger,
A. tamarii
Nueva Ecija, Phillippines [187]
Fruit rot A. awamori Lahore, Pakistan [188]
Soft rot A. niger var. awamori India, Malaysia [189,190,191]
Dry rot A. fumigatus Nigeria [192]
A. niger Ethiopia [193]
A. niger, A. flavus, A. parasiticus Beheira, El-Sharkia and Qualubia governorates, Egypt [194]
A. niger, A. awamori Aurangabad, India [195]
Jackfruit
(Artocarpus heterophyllus)
Fruit rot A. niger Nayarit, Mexico [196]
Sapota
(Manilkara zapota)
Fruit rot A. minisclerotigenes Gujarat, India [197]
A. niger Maharashtra, India [198]