Potential of fungicides and plant activator for postharvest disease management in mangoes.
Muhammad Amin, Malik A. U., Khan A. S., Nazir Javed
Author Affiliation: Postharvest Research and Training Centre (PRTC), Institute of Horticultural Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad 38040, Pakistan.
International Journal of Agriculture and Biology 13 : 671-676
Abstract : Mango fruit quality, marketability and shelflife are adversely affected by postharvest disease development. The fungicides and plant activators suppress the disease development in fruits and vegetables. These studies were targeted to evaluate the potential of pre and postharvest fungicidal applications and on-tree foliar spray of a plant activator viz. a viz. salicylic acid for postharvest disease management in two commercial mango cultivars (Sindhri & Samar Bahisht Chaunsa) of Pakistan. Alternaria alternata (49.3% in Sindhri; 58.5% in Chaunsa), Phomopsis mangiferae (20.0% in Sindhri; 18.2% in Chaunsa) and Botryodiplodia sp. (3.9% in Sindhri; 2.7% in Chaunsa) were found to be associated with mango fruit stem end rot (S