Guava Fruit Rot Caused by Rhizopus stolonifer in Hawaii. J. J. Ooka, Assistant Plant Pathologist, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Hawaii, Kauai Branch Station, Kapaa, Hawaii 96746. Plant Dis. 64:412-413. Copyright 1980 American Phytopathological Society. DOI: 10.1094/PD-64-412.

A fruit rot that was serious on guava on Kauai island was characterized by rapidly expanding water-soaked lesions, which were slightly sunken at the margins of the soft rot. Fruit was diseased in all maturity stages from mature green to fully ripe. Rhizopus stonolifer was the pathogen.