A post harvest disease of Mangifera india fruit caused by Pestalotiopsis mangiferae, in Saudi Arabia

Journal Article

Bukhary, 33- Humaira Rizwana, , Iffat Siddiqui and Najat . 2012

• Publication Online URL: http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/AJMR/article-full-text-pdf/2D1D2A039881
• Magazine \ Newspaper: African Journal of Microbiology Research
• Issue Number: 27
• Volume Number: 6
• Pages: 5723-5724

Publication Abstract

 

Mango (Mangifera indica) is one of the most important import fruit of Saudi Arabia. Brown black rots were found as a post harvest disease on the mango fruit. On the basis of the morphological characters, the fungus causing this disease was identified as Pestalotiopsis mangiferae (Henn). The disease was tested with the Kochs postulates. This is the first report of fruit rots caused by P. mangiferae (Henn) as a post harvest disease in Saudi Arabia