Scabs On Mango

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Welcome to yet another Blong on continuing the series of the Common diseases on Mango. This time we are taking a Look at fruit and the effect the Scabs has on the Mango Fruit itself. Read the entire blog to know more about Scab on Mango

Scabs On Mango
Scabs On Mango

 Disease Symptoms Of Scabs On Mango

• The scab fungus attack leaves, panicles, blossoms, twigs, the bark of stems and mango fruits. Spots are circular, slightly angular, elongated, 2-4 mm in diameter, brown but during the rainy season, lesions differ in size, shape and colour.

• Symptoms produced by the disease are very much like those of anthracnose.

• On young fruits, the infection is grey to greyish brown with dark irregular margins. As the fruit attains in size, spots also enlarge and the centre may become covered with the crack fissure and corky tissues.

Survival and Spread Of Scabs on Mango

• The pathogen survives in the form of resting spore in the soil debris.
Scab Affected Leaves of Mango
Scab Affected Leaves of Mango

Favourable Conditions For Scabs on Mango

Suitable temperatures and moisture promote the release of Elsinoemangiferae spores. This cycle of secondary infections continues throughout the summer until the leaves and fruit fall from the tree at the onset of winter.

To Conclude this Series of Common Disease on Mango we are presenting you with a Disease that destroys the fruit

Bacterial Canker On Mango



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