The major diseases of mango: strategies and potential for sustainable management.
Ploetz R. C.
Author Affiliation: Tropical Research & Education Center, University of Florida, 18905 SW 280 Th St, Homestead, FL 33031-3314, USA.
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Abstract : This paper presents the symptoms, morphology, transmission and management strategies for the pathogens of major diseases of mango: Alternaria rot (black spot; Alternaria alternata), anthracnose (Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (teleomorph: Glomerella cingulata), Colletotrichum gloeosporioides var. minor and Colletotrichum acutatum), bacterial black spot (Xanthomonas campestris pv. mangiferaeindicae), blossom blight (Fusicoccum parvum and Fusicoccum aesculi), malformation (complex of Fusarium spp.), mango decline (Botryosphaeria rhodina, A. alternata, Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, Fusicoccum aesculi, two Phomopsis spp., Diplodia recifensis and Ceratocystis fimbriata), powdery mildew (Oidium mangiferae), and stem-end rot (Diplodia theobromae [Botryodiplodia theobromae], Fusicoccum aesculi, Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, Phomopsis mangiferae, Pestalotiopsis mangiferae and Cytosphaera mangiferae).