Major post harvest diseases of Mango and their management.
Iram S., Ahmad H. M. I.
Author Affiliation: Department of Environmental Sciences, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
International Journal of Agronomy and Plant Production 4 : 3470-3484
Abstract : Mango post harvest diseases cause maximum losses in the quality and marketing of fresh mango fruits. Ultimately, post harvest diseases become major hurdle in the export and cause high economic loss in international and national markets. In Pakistan decline in mango export is increasing every year due to the lack of proper post harvest handling. The objective of present study is to provide a review on the symptoms, epidemiology, etiology and management of post harvest diseases so that a background history is available for various strategies and new techniques may develop to mitigate the loss.