References on Mango

Gutiérrez-Alonso J. G., Gutiérrez-Alonso O., Nieto-Ángel D., Téliz-Ortiz D., Zavaleta-Mejía E., Delgadillo-Sánchez F.

Author Affiliation: Seminis, Estación de Investigación Bajío, Rancho El Refugio, 1a Frac. Apdo. Postal 16, C.P. 38160, Apaseo el Grande, Guanajuato, Mexico.
Revista Mexicana de Fitopatología 22 : 395-402

Abstract : Physical, chemical, and biological control treatments, applied individually or in combination, were evaluated for their effectiveness against anthracnose (C. gloeosporioides [Glomerella cingulata]) and for their effects on the quality of fruits of mango (cv. Tommy Atkins) subjected to storage at room temperature (24±2°C for 10 days) or cold storage (10±1°C for 21 days). Bacillus licheniformis strains A1 and A16 reduced the severity of anthracnose from 16 to 8% at room temperature, but increased the disease severity at 10°C from 9 to 13%. Treatment with CaCl2 at 6% reduced the severity to 2% at room temperature, but increased disease severity to 26% at 10°C. Immersion in 6% ethanol reduced the severity to 3 and 7% at room temperature and under cold storage, respectively. Hydrothermal treatment (50°C/3 minutes) also reduced the intensity of the disease to 3% under both storage conditions. The treatments were slightly more effective when applied in combination than when applied singly, although differences were not significant. The individual application of fungicides azoxystrobin and trifloxystrobin, as well as their combination with hydrothermal treatment, significantly reduced the severity of anthracnose at room temperature (between 1.5 and 0.65%) and under cold storage (between 3.5 and 1.9%); the level of efficacy reached 90-95% for the former storage condition and between 61 and 78% for the latter. Fruit firmness and total soluble solid content were not affected, but the percentage of malic acid in fruits stored at room temperature was significantly affected by the treatments.