ISHS Acta Horticulturae 291: III International Mango Symposium
POST-HARVEST DISEASES OF MANGO, CARNARVON WESTERN AUSTRALIA |
| Authors: | A.T. Muller, P. Wood |
| Abstract:
The mango (Mangifera indica L.) is grown commercially in Carnarvon, Western Australia (24°53'S, 113°39'E) and is the second most important fruit crop to the area. Annual production in 1988–89 reached 400 tonnes. Kensington Pride is the main cultivar grown, accounting for 89% of plantings. Recently, later maturing cultivars have been planted and the presence of post-harvest disease needed to be confirmed as this factor may influence future plantings and expansion of the industry to overseas and interstate markets. Stem end rot, Lasiodiplodia theobromae (Pat.) Griff. and Maubl. is one of the organisms associated with post-harvest decay of stored mango fruit in Carnarvon. This disease has been successfully controlled by fungicidal dipping (Muller and Burt, 1989). Other organisms that have been isolated are also responsible for stem end rot: Dothiorella dominicana Petrak and Cif. and Phomopsis mangiferae Ahmad. Other lesser important fruit micro-organisms isolated in Carnarvon include: Pleospora herbarum (Fr.) Rab., Botrytis cinerea Pers. ex Fr., Penicillium sp. and Aspergillus sp., Rhizopus stolonifer and Alternaria sp. Varietal differences in susceptibility to post-harvest fungal attack are evident from this work. | |
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