Management
- Produces leaf spots, blossom blight, wither tip, twigs blight and fruit rot.
- Small blister like spots develop on the leaves and twigs. Young leaves wither and dry Tender twigs wither and die back symptom appears.
- Affected branches ultimately dry up. Black spots appear on fruits.
- The fruit pulp becomes hard, crack and decay at ripening. Infected fruits drop
- Spray P. fluorescens (FP 7) at 3 weeks interval commencing from October at 5g/like on flower branches.
- 5-7 sprays one to be given on flowers and bunches.
- Before storage, treat with hot water, (50-55°C) for 15 minutes or dip in Benomyl solution (500ppm) or Thiobendazole (1000ppm) for 5 minutes
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| Symptoms on fruits | Mango Anthracnose on Leaves |
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| Colletotrichum gloeosporioides | Mango Anthracnose on Fruits |
