Additional diseases and control by fungicides
Additional diseases and control by fungicides

A handful of other fungal or algal pathogens may occasionally impact mango trees. Mango scab, agricultural fungicide caused by Elsinoe mangiferae, tends to resemble mango anthracnose and is typically insignificant because the fungicide program used to control anthracnose also addresses scab. Verticilium wilt is caused by a soilborne fungus. Infected trees suffer slow decline and death and the only way to avoid this wilt is to avoid land where susceptible vegetables or trees have been grown recently. Stem-end rot is a post-harvest mango disease that appears as a dark brown, water soaked rot at the stem end. The presence of this disease can be reduced using post-harvest treatment with hot water or fungicide. Algal spot, a relatively minor mango disease, is caused by Cephaleuros virescens, a parasitic algae. It causes leaf spot and stem infection that leads to cankers but is generally not a problem where copper-containing fungicides have been used.

Several cultural factors can be utilized to reduce the presence or impact of fungal pathogens and the need for fungicides. Choose cultivars that have resistance to anthracnose, plant trees in full sun, avoid wetting foliage, flowers or fruit during irrigation and properly remove and destroy infected plant parts.

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