Fig Fruit Souring

Yeast and bacterial complex

physiological disease.

Souring of ripe fig fruit caused by microorganisms entering through the open eye, particularly in humid conditions.

Symptoms

• Sour smell from ripe fruit
• Fermented liquid leaking from eye
• Premature fruit drop

Controls

• Plant closed-eye varieties (Celeste)
• Harvest at first ripeness
• Avoid overhead watering of ripening fruit

Resistant varieties

• Celeste

Affects these crops

• fig