Mango postharvest diseases and management to avoid them

Mango (Mangifera indica) is one of the major fruit crops of India. It is well known with name of King of Fruits. India contributes about 56 per cent of global production. Mango crop suffers due to many post-harvest diseases like anthracnose, stem-end rot, black mould rot, Botryosphaeria rot, phoma rot etc. Rotting of fruits due to several other fungal infestation is also very common. Post-harvest diseases can be managed by preharvest spray with fungicides, careful handling during harvesting, sorting and grading, hot water treatment (52?1?C, 10 minutes) and coating of fruits with essential oil/s helping management of post-harvest diseases of mango. There is a need to focus on use of nontoxic substances, biocontrol control and physical methods to manage post-harvest diseases. Farmers need to be trained on safe harvesting and integrated management of post-harvest diseases.For each disease the symptoms and management are explained. ContentsIntroduction1. Anthracnose (Colletotrichum?gloeosporioides)2. Stem End Rot (Lasiodiplodia theobromae)3. Black mould rot: Aspergillus niger4. Botryosphaeria rot (Botryosphaeria ribis)5. Phoma rot (Phomamangiferae)6. Alternaria rot (Alternaria tenussima)7. Rhizopus rot (Rhizopus arrhizus). ? SourcesErayya, Managanvi, K., Magadum, S. and Sarkhel, S. 2022. Post-harvest Diseases of Mango and?their Integrated Management. Vigyan Varta 3(12): 5-9.https://www.vigyanvarta.com/adminpanel/upload_doc/VV_1222_02.pdfPicture,?Picture, Pacific Pests, Pathogens & Weeds, https://apps.lucidcentral.org/pppw_v10/text/web_full/entities/mango_anthracnose_009.htm