Table 1.
Fungi commonly reported to cause storage rots in apple fruits.
| Taxon | Synonyms | Popular Name | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alternaria spp., e.g., A. alternata (Fr.) Keissl. and A. tenuissisima (Kunze) Wiltshire | Alternaria rot, calyx-end rot | [3,16,20,21] | |
| Botryosphaeria spp., e.g., B. dothidea (Moug. ex Fr.) Ces. & De Not. and B. obtusa (Schwein.) Shoemaker | Diplodia seriata De Not., Sphaeropsis malorum | Black rot (B. obtusa), white rot (B. dothidea) | [20,21,22] |
| Botrytis cinerea Pers. | Grey mould, dry-eye rot | [8,16,21,23,24,25,26] | |
| Cadophora spp., e.g., C. luteo-olivacea (J.F.H. Beyma) T.C. Harr. & McNew and C. malorum (Kidd & Beaumont) W. Gams | Phialophora luteo-olivacea J.F.H. Beyma and P. malorum (Kidd & Beaumont) McColloch, respectively | Side rot | [16,20] |
| Colletotrichum acutatum J.H. Simmonds incl. e.g., C. fioriniae Marcelino & Gouli ex R.G. Shivas & Y.P. Tan | Glomerella acutata Guerber & J.C. Correll | Bitter rot (Glomerella leaf spot on leaves) | [9,27,28,29,30,31] |
| Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Penz) Penz. & Sack. incl. e.g., C. fructicola Prihastuti, L. Cai & K.D. Hyde | Glomerella cingulata (Stoneman) Spauld. & H. Schrenk, Gloeosporium fructigenum Berk., Colletotrichum fructigenum (Berk.) Vassiljevsky | Bitter rot (Glomerella leaf spot on leaves) | [5,8,9,14,16,29,32,33,34,35,36,37] |
| Fusarium spp., e.g., F. avenaceum (Fr.) Sac., F. lateritium Nees ex. Fr. and F. proliferatum | Fusarium rot, wet core rot | [3,16,20,21] | |
| Monilinia fructigena (Aderh. & Ruehl.) Honey ex Whetzel | Monilia fructigena (Pers.) Pers. | Brown rot | [16,19,21,38] |
| Monilinia laxa (Aderh. & Ruhland) Honey | Monilia cinerea Bonord. | Brown rot | [21] |
| Mucor piriformis A. Fisch. | Mucor rot | [20,21,25] | |
| Neofabraea actinidiae (P.R. Johnst., M.A. Manning & X. Meier) P.R. Johnst. | Cryptosporiopsis actinidiae P.R. Johnst., M.A. Manning & X. Meier | Bull’s eye rot, lenticel rot | [39] |
| Neofabraea alba (E.J. Guthrie) Verkley | Gloeosporium album Osterw., Pezicula alba E.J. Guthrie, Phlyctema vagabunda Desm., Neofabraea vagabunda Desm. (P.R. Johnst.) | Bull’s eye rot, lenticel rot | [3,11,16,28,40,41,42,43,44,45] |
| Neofabraea brasiliensis Sanhueza & Bogo | Bull’s eye rot, lenticel rot | [39] | |
| Neofabraea kienholzii (Seifert, Spotts & Lévesque) Spotts, Lévesque & Seifert | Cryptosporiopsis kienholzii Seifert, Spotts & Lévesque | Bull’s eye rot, lenticel rot | [17,46] |
| Neofabraea malicorticis (Cordley) H.S. Jacks. | Gloeosporium malicorticis Cordley, Pezicula malicorticis (Cordley) Nannf., Cryptosporiopsis malicorticis (Cordley) Nannf. | Bull’s eye rot, lenticel rot | [16,25,43,44,45] |
| Neofabraea perennans Kienholz | Gloeosporium perennans Zeller & Childs, Pezicula perennans (Kienholz) Dugan, R.G. Roberts & G.G. Grove | Bull’s eye rot, lenticel rot | [44,45,46,47,48,49] |
| Neonectria ditissima (Tul. & C. Tul.) Samuels & Rossman | Nectria ditissima Tul. & C. Tul., Nectria galligena Bres. | Nectria rot (apple canker or European canker on trees) | [20,50] |
| Penicillium expansum Link | Blue mould | [3,5,6,12,15,21,25,31,32,33,38,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66] | |
| Phacidiopycnis spp., e.g., P. malorum Potebnia and P. washingtonensis Xiao & J.D. Rogers | Potebniamyces pyri (Berk. & Broome) Dennis | Phacidiopycnis rot | [20] |