Vol. 12, Issue 12 (2023)

Author(s):
HN Prajapati and AH Barad

Abstract:
Papaya (Carica papaya L.) is a plant that produces fruits throughout the year. It needs a smaller area for the tree, comes to fruiting in 1 year, is easy to harvest, and next to banana it provides more income/ha. Papaya fruit is called as “common mans” which is for reasonable price and high nutritive value. All the hot water treatments and durations found significantly superior in reducing the Colletotrichum rot severity after eighth day of inoculation. Significantly lowest rot severity was found in treatment given at 54 ^oC for 2 and 4 min. with cent percent disease control over untreated check.