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Fruits and vegetables are very important and have dietary and nutritional qualities. It has been known that fruits and vegetables plays a vital role in human nutrition by supplying the necessary growth factors such as vitamins and essential minerals in human daily diet and that can help to keep a good and normal health. In India the loss of fruits and vegetables due to storage fungi is very high. In the present study, main emphasis has been laid on the isolation and identification of fungi directly responsible for storage rots in markets. Towards a better understanding of the ecological relationships of the pathogenic mycoflora causing market diseases, it was thought necessary to study the general surface mycoflora of fruits and vegetables. Contamination of fruits and vegetables takes place at all stages of processing if proper sanitary and hygiene conditions are not maintained (Beuchat, 1995). The present investigations were carried to study the isolation, identification and characterization of fungi associated with the fruits and vegetables of Davanagere market. Literature survey reveals that the merge report in diversity of fungi present in fruits and vegetables of Davanagere market.