Three Postharvest Diseases of Zizyphus mauritiana Fruits from India. K. Diwakar Rama Wadia, Department of Botany, Science College, Saifabad, Osmania University, Hyderabad-500 004, A.P., India. C. Manoharachary, Department of Botany, Science College, Saifabad, Osmania University, Hyderabad-500 004, A.P., India. Plant Dis. 64:323-324. Accepted for publication 17 September 1979. Copyright 1980 American Phytopathological Society. DOI: 10.1094/PD-64-323.

Alternaria rot, dry rot, and black rot caused by Alternaria alternata, Fusarium decemcellulare, and Cladosporium cladosporioides, respectively, have been found on Zizyphus mauritiana fruits in Hyderabad, A.P., India. These three postharvest diseases were not previously reported from the Indian subcontinent.