Butt Rot
or
Black Rot
White Leaf Spot, Fruitlet Core Rot, Leathery Pocket, Interfruitlet Corking, Fusariosis, Phytophthora, Heart Rot, Root Rot
Pineapple Diseases Caused by Bacteria;
Bacterial Heart Rot, Fruit Collapse, Marbling Disease, Pink Disease
Pineapple Diseases Caused by Nematodes;
Lesion Nematode, Reniform Nematode, Root-Knot Nematodes;
Pineapple Disease Caused by a Virus;
Mealybug Wilt
Pineapple Disease with a Noninfectious Etiology; Internal Browning
As you can see the pineapple suffers the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. They are very good when fresh in spite of all the things you read on that list. You don't see any poisonous spiders hiding out in pineapples but you can't trust a banana display. |
