Abstract
A major problem in the commercialization of avocados is the incidence of postharvest diseases, which coincides with the ripening of fruits. The main postharvest diseases are anthracnose (Colletotrichum gloeosporioides complex) and stem end rots (Lasiodiplodia theobromae, Fusicoccum spp. e Neofusicoccum spp.), called quiescent disease because infect developing fruit in the field and the sy…