Research Article
Investigation on causes and control of post-harvest spoilage of tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) using some selected botanical extracts
Author(s): Fisam Fatima Aliyu, Aishatu Abubakar* and Muhammed Adamu Hassan
This study was carried out at Microbiology laboratory of Bauchi state university Gadau to isolate and identify pathogenic micro-organisms associated with deterioration of tomatoes fruits. Fruits samples of infected and noneffected tomatoes were collected from an open market Azare in Bauchi, Nigeria. The infected tomatoes were directly plated on potato dextrose agar (PDA) for fungal growth, incubated at room temperature, and observed from 24 hours to 7days. Also each tomato flesh was streaked on nutrient agar (NA) for the Bacterial growth and incubated at 37°C for 48 hours. Identification using slide culture technique was followed after which different colonies were obtained. The study also aimed at evaluating the efficacy of some selected plant crude extracts against the postharvest tomato damaging pathogens. The organisms identified that cause’s post-harvest tomatoes spoila.. View More»
DOI:
http:/dx.doi.org/10.14303/irjps.2022.009