Gerald Holmes, Strawberry Center, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Bugwood.org
Imazalil-sensitive Penicillium digitatum on imazalil-treated lemon. Note the sporulating area. This was isolated and found to be imazalil-resistant. Was this the result of a mutation or a contaminant? May 1994
Gerald Holmes, Strawberry Center, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Bugwood.org
Gerald Holmes, Strawberry Center, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Bugwood.org
Green mold of lemon 5 to 7 days following inoculation and storage at 15C. Note the different zones of disease progress: sporulation at center and advancing mycelium. Little to no watersoaked host tissue in contrast to blue mold. May 1994
Scott Bauer, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org
Grapefruit infected with green mold.
Gerald Holmes, Strawberry Center, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Bugwood.org
Lemons were inoculated with imazalil-sensitive isolate of Penicillium digitatum 48 h prior to treatment with the fungicide imazalil. Shows curative action of imazalil. April 1992
Gerald Holmes, Strawberry Center, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Bugwood.org
green mold (Penicillium digitatum) asexual spore
Gerald Holmes, Strawberry Center, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Bugwood.org
Green mold of lemon showing soiling of adjacent fruit and what appears to be spread by contact (nesting). Note also the presence of whisker mold (Penicillium ulaiense) March 1994
Gerald Holmes, Strawberry Center, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Bugwood.org
Green mold of lemon showing soiling of adjacent fruit. March 1994