Bacterial Canker On Mango
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Last but not the least blog about the Common Disease on Mango is about the the Bacterial Canker on Mango.
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Disease Symptoms Bacterial Canker on Mango -
• The disease is noticed on leaves, leaf stalks, stems, twigs, branches and fruits, initially producing water-soaked lesions, later turning into typical canker.
• On leaves, water-soaked irregular satellite to angular raised lesions measuring 1-4 mm in diameter are formed. These lesions are light yellow in colour, initially with a yellow halo but with age enlarge or coalesce to form irregular necrotic cankerous patches with dark brown colour.
• On fruits, water-soaked, dark brown to black coloured lesions are observed which gradually developed into cankerous, raised or flat spots. These spots grow bigger usually up to 1 to 5 mm in diameter, which covers / almost the whole fruit.
• These spots often, burst extruding gummy substances containing highly contagious bacterial cells.
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Survival and Spread of Bacterial Canker on Mango
• In lesions on plant parts and can also survive for long periods in diseased plant tissues.
Favourable Conditions for Bacterial Canker On Mango
• Spring session is responsible for the development of diseases.
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