Horticultural crops :: Fruits:: Mango
Anthracnose: Colletotrichum gloeosporioides |
Symptoms
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Produces leaf spots, blossom blight, wither tip, twigs blight and fruit rot.
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Small blister like spots develop on the leaves and twigs. Young leaves wither and dry Tender twigs wither and die back symptom appears.
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Affected branches ultimately dry up. Black spots appear on fruits.
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The fruit pulp becomes hard, crack and decay at ripening. Infected fruits drop
![Mango Symptom](images/mango/mangoanthracnose/crop_prot_crop diseases_fruits_mango_clip_image006.gif) |
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![](images/mango/mangoanthracnose/crop_prot_crop diseases_fruits_mango_clip_image004_0001.jpg) |
![](images/mango/mangoanthracnose/mango_anthracnose_on_leaves.png) |
![](images/mango/mangoanthracnose/crop_prot_crop diseases_fruits_mango_clip_image002_0001.jpg) |
Symptoms on fruits |
Mango Anthracnose on Leaves |
![](images/mango/mangoanthracnose/ollectotrichum_gleosporoides.jpg) |
![](images/mango/mangoanthracnose/mango_anthracnose_on_fruits1.wmf.jpg) |
Colletotrichum gloeosporioides |
Mango Anthracnose on Fruits |
Management
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Spray P. fluorescens (FP 7) at 3 weeks interval commencing from October at 5g/like on flower branches.
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5-7 sprays one to be given on flowers and bunches.
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Before storage, treat with hot water, (50-55°C) for 15 minutes or dip in Benomyl solution (500ppm) or Thiobendazole (1000ppm) for 5 minutes
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