Phytophthora palmivora, causal agent of fruit rots of papaya in the State of Pará, Brazil

Abstract

Phytophthora palmivora was isolated from papaya (Carica papaya) fruit rots, from commercial growth in Capanema County, Pará. The fungus was pathogenic to healthy inoculated fruits and reisolated, fullfiling the Koch postulates. This is the first report of this pathogen on papaya in Pará, Brazil.