Introduction

Diseases of Mango

    Introduction
    Mango is considered to be the king of fruit. India is the largest producer and exporter of mango in the world. Mango possess unique nutritional and medicinal qualities apart from being a rich source of vitamins A&C. besides its attractive form and appearance, delicious taste and appetizing flavor, the ripe mango fruit according to nutritional experts is also highly invigorating, fattening, laxative and diuretic. Every part of mango from root to top is used in a variety of ways. This crop is affected by many fungal, bacterial and other non parasitic diseases they are.
    Major Diseases
    Minor Diseases
    • Black banded disease- Rhinocladium corticolum
    • Pink disease- Pellicularia salmonicolor
    • Blight – Macrophoma mangiferae
    • Scab- Elsinoe mangiferae and Sphaceloma mangiferae
    • Phoma blight-Phoma glomerata
    • Black-mould rot- Aspergillus niger
    • Alternaria rotAlternaria tenuissima
    • Bacterial leaf spot- Pseudomonas mangiferae-indicae
    • Dodder-Cuscuta spp

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