Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Disease occurrence in durian fruits

A farmer is not guaranteed to harvest fruits even there are  a lot of fruits.  The time to take from flowering till maturity depends on variety. Some early harvest clones such as D99 takes about 90 days to harves. D24 takes about 100 days  and most of the clones will takes about 105 to 110 days to harvest. Extra care must given during flowering and fruiting besides water is disease and insect pest control. Common disease is Phytopthora and common pest is black moth.
Fruit caaused by Phytopthora disease