Controlling market diseases of mangos with heated benomyl.
Spalding D. H., Reeder W. F.
Author Affiliation: USDA, Miami, Florida, USA.
Proceedings of the Florida State Horticultural Society 91 : 186-187
Abstract : Dipping mangoes for 1 to 3 minutes in hot water (52 deg C) containing 0.1% benomyl was effective in controlling postharvest decay caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides [Glomerella cingulata] and Diplodia natalensis [Botryodiplodia theobromae]. The percentages of decayed cv. Tommy Atkins and Keitt mangoes after storage for 17-18 days at 13 deg followed by softening at 22 deg were 17 and 25%, respectively, in fruits receiving the 1-minute treatment, but 64 and 67%, respectively, in fruits receiving the same treatment minus the benomyl.