“…Of the fungi which can infect fruits and vegetables, A. alternata can attack a wide range of agricultural products in many areas of the world and, indeed, its presence had been reported in Pakistan (Fatima et al, 2009), China , Australia (Harteveld et al, 2013), Bangladesh (Bashar et al, 2012), Mexico (Espinoza-Verduzco et al, 2012), Korea (Kwon et al, 2011), Greece (Elena, 2006), Oman (Al-Sadi et al, 2011), Argentina (Pose et al, 2010), Japan (Taba et al, 2009), India (Hubballi et al, 2010), Bulgaria (Mirkova and Konstantinova, 2003), the USA, Colombia, Turkey, South Africa and Israel (Peever et al, 2002), Spain (Vicent et al, 2000), Brazil (Peres et al, 2003), Peru (Marín et al, 2006) and Iran (Golmohammadi et al, 2006).…”