Mango - Solutions for crop management

Disease management module :: Bacterial - Canker on fruit

Bacterial & Other Diseases

Bacterial Diseases : They can cause a variety of symptoms including cankers, leaf spots, overgrowths, scabs, wilts, and others

Others: This disease attack can causes reduction in photosynthetic activity and defoliation of leaves thereby reducing the vitality of the host plant.

Bacterial Diseases - Cancker

Associated pathogens:

Bacterial canker of mango caused by Xaruhomonas campestris

Cancker at various parts of mango

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Canker on fruits :The small raised spots are black, often like teardrops. These spots tear into a star shape as they develop. Gum oozes out of these craters. The damage caused to the branches and foliage
Canker on leaves : Damage on the upper side of a leaf. The centre of the aged spots turns grey. They are surrounded by a yellow halo. It can be seen on both sides that the spots are bound by the veins, which gives them an angular appearance..

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Canker on fruits and leaves : The bacteria survive in the cankers, which are a source of permanent contamination. • A healthy area is basically contaminated by the transport of infested plant material and by natural elements (bacteria transported by the wind).

Mango crop managemnt and Diagnostic system::Developed by MK CHANDRA PRAKASH & REENA ROSY THOMAS