Alternative strategies for control of mango fruit diseases.
Villiers E. E. de, Korsten L.
Author Affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa.
Yearbook - South African Mango Growers' Association 16 : 61-64
Abstract : Preharvest infection of mangoes with anthracnose (Colletotrichum gloeosporioides [Glomerella cingulata]) and soft brown rot (Nattrassia mangiferae) causes losses of export fruit. Methods to control these diseases on a postharvest level were investigated. In postharvest experiments with Keitt mangoes, ethanol (3 minute dip) and Bacillus licheniformis (B251) (7 minute dip) treatments significantly reduced levels of soft brown rot and anthracnose, compared with the controls.