Post-harvest rot control in cold-stored Bourbon mangoes.
Sampaio V. R.
Author Affiliation: ESA Luiz de Queiroz, Piracicaba, SP, Brazil.
Anais da Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz" 40 : 519-526
Abstract : Mangoes were (i) not treated, (ii) immersed in water at 55°C for 10 minutes, (iii) immersed for 5 minutes at 50° in benomyl solution at 0.025%, (iv) as for (iii) in 0.050% solution, (v) as for (iii) at 55° in 0.025% solution, or (vi) as for (v) in 0.50% solution. All treatments controlled anthracnose (Colletotrichum gloeosporioides [Glomerella cingulata]). Losses due to soft rot (caused by several spp. including Botryodiplodia theobromae) were 44, 36, 20, 20, 4 and 8%, respectively.