Fruit disease damage

Anything that is blemished or has pest and disease damage will only deteriorate, and may also spread rots to other, sound fruits and vegetables. 

The secret of successful harvesting is to know when to pick particular fruit. Some crops are best picked before they turn ripe others, such as stone fruits, should be tree-ripened if you want the best flavor. Trees that have been grown in optimum conditions produce the best crops for storage immature crops, or those that have received too little water and nutrients or suffered from pest and disease damage, won t store well. There are a few simple golden rules to follow when harvesting and storing orchard fruits to help preserve them for several months. 

Select only the best fruits for storing any fruit that is bruised, has broken skin or shows signs of pest or disease damage should not be stored. The storeroom must be frost-free, safe from pests, rainproof, and ideally at a constant temperature with air circulating freely so that the atmosphere doesn t get too dry or hot and humid. Different crops have different temperature and humidity requirements, but a suitable average temperature is 40-50°F/4-7°C. 

Prevents sun bum avoids damage to fruit due to abrasion/friction amongst fruits prevents damage due to harsh winds prevention from dangerous disease from sucking pest called Telya juicy pomegranate. 

Vitamins (C and E), polyphenolic compounds, and carotenoids are the main groups of antioxidants present in fruits and vegetables. Vitamins are single molecules, but polyphenols and carotenoids are made up of hundreds of compounds with a wide range of structures and molecular masses. The intake of these antioxidants can lead to sustained reduction of the kind of oxidative damage to lipids, proteins, and DNA that is associated with the development of chronic diseases (Evans and Halliwell 2001). 

Remove damaged and diseased fruit shoots, and foliage. 

What to do Prune out affected branches and remove fruit from the tree. Pick up windfalls. Do not compost any of this material. Take care not to damage fruit that is to be stored. Do not store any diseased fruit. Prune out cankers and diseased spurs. 

Fungal disease, soilborne and spread by rain-splash onto the fruit. Spores also enter through damaged plant parts. 

Vitamins and minerals, whose main dietary sources are other than fruits and vegetables, are also likely to play a significant role in the prevention and repair of DNA damage, and thus are important to the maintenance of long-term health. Vitamin B12 is found in animal products, and deficiencies of B12 cause a functional folate deficiency, accumulation of the amino acid homocysteine (a risk factor for heart disease),46 and chromosome breaks. B12 supplementation above the RDA was necessary to minimize chromosome breakage.47 Strict vegetarians are at increased risk for developing vitamin B12 deficiency. 

Uses Thiram is a dimethyl dithiocarbamate compound and appears as a white to yellow crystalline powder with a characteristic odor. Thiram is used to prevent crop damage in the field and to protect harvested crops from deterioration in storage or transport. Thiram also is used as a seed protectant and to protect fruits, vegetables, ornamentals, and turf crops from a variety of fungal diseases. In addition, it is used as an animal repellent to protect fruit trees and ornamentals from damage by rabbits, rodents, and deer. Thiram is available as dust, flowable, wettable powder, water-dispersible granules, water suspension formulations, and in mixtures with other fungicides. Thiram has been used in the treatment of human scabies, as a sunscreen, and as a bactericide applied directly to the skin or incorporated into soap.17,50,52... 

Uses Zineb is a light-colored powder or crystal. It is a polymer of ethylene (bis) thiocarbamate units linked with zinc. Zineb is used to prevent crop damage in the field and to protect harvested crops from deterioration during storage or transport. It was used to protect fruit and vegetable crops from a wide range of foliar and other diseases. It was available in the United States as wettable powder and dust formulations. Zineb can be formed by combining nabam and zinc sulfate in a spray tank.7121319... 

Epidemiological evidence shows that diets that are rich in vitamin C are associated with lower incidence of cancer and cardiovascular disease. However, such diets are rich in fruits and vegetables, and thus a wide variety of other potentially protective factors studies of 8-hydroxyguanine excretion as a marker of oxidative damage to DNA do not provide evidence of a protective effect of vitamin C per se, except in people whose intake is low (HaUiweU, 2001). 

Fruit with small, brown, sunken spots that turn dark and are raised. Cause Melanose. This fungal disease usually attacks trees more than 10 years old and is worst in wet springs. As rain washes spores over fruit, a tear-streaked pattern of infection develops. Copper spray applied just once at fruit set controls this disease, but since fruit damage is only cosmetic, spraying isn t really necessary. Keep melanose in check by pruning out dead wood, which may harbor the disease. 

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