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Interrelationship of Penicillium digitatum and P. italicum in Thiabendazole - Treated Oranges. Y. Gutter, Division of Fruit and Vegetable Storage, Institute for Technology and Storage of Agricultural Products, Agricultural Research Organization, The Volcani Center, P.O. Box 6, Bet Dagan 50200, Israel; Phytopathology 65:498-499. DOI: 10.1094/Phyto-65-498.

The decay of Shamouti and Valencia oranges by Penicillium italicum increased substantially as a result of thiabendazole treatments that reduced P. digitatum, but remained low with treatments that had no marked effect on P. digitatum. The interrelationship between the decays by the two molds on oranges indicates a build-up of resistant strains and the need to use fungicides other than benzimidazoles in the post harvest treatment of orange fruit.