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 Rotting of apple due to fungal growth can lead to post-harvest loss of apple. An apple rotted  during storage. A sample taken on a slide was observed under foldscope. Some spores were spotted in the infected sample. The sample was stained using LCB and spores were obtained in abundance.
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    Rotting apple
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   <img alt="2" class="wp-image-103306 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="103306" data-comments-opened="1" data-id="103306" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}' data-image-title="2" data-link="https://microcosmos.foldscope.com/?attachment_id=103306" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_103290/2-16.jpg"/>
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    Rotten apple – cut open
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   <img alt="3" class="wp-image-103307 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="103307" data-comments-opened="1" data-id="103307" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}' data-image-title="3" data-link="https://microcosmos.foldscope.com/?attachment_id=103307" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_103290/3-13.jpg"/>
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    Spores seen under foldscope
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   <img alt="4" class="wp-image-103308 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="103308" data-comments-opened="1" data-id="103308" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}' data-image-title="4" data-link="https://microcosmos.foldscope.com/?attachment_id=103308" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_103290/4-10.jpg"/>
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    More spores
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   <img alt="5" class="wp-image-103309 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="103309" data-comments-opened="1" data-id="103309" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}' data-image-title="5" data-link="https://microcosmos.foldscope.com/?attachment_id=103309" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_103290/5-10.jpg"/>
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    LCB stained sample
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    Fungal hyphae
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   <img alt="7" class="wp-image-103311 gcloudimg" data-attachment-id="103311" data-comments-opened="1" data-id="103311" data-image-meta='{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}' data-image-title="7" data-link="https://microcosmos.foldscope.com/?attachment_id=103311" src="https://storage.googleapis.com/microcosmosdelta.appspot.com/images/transfer_103290/7-6.jpg"/>
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    Spores seen in the rotting sample
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Rotting apple seen through a foldscope

AJAY | Fri, Dec 14, 2018, 9:30 AM

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