# List of mango diseases

Diseases of mangos (Mangifera indica) include:

## Bacterial diseases

Bacterial diseases :
| Bacterial black spot = bacterial canker | Xanthomonas campestris pv. mangiferaeindicae |
| Bacterial fruit rot | Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum = Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora Erwinia herbicola |
| Crown gall hi | Agrobacterium tumefaciens |

## Fungal diseases

Fungal diseases :
| Alternaria leaf spots | Alternaria alternata Alternaria tenuissima |
| Anthracnose | Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Glomerella cingulata [teleomorph] Colletotrichum acutatum |
| Black banded disease | Rhinocladium corticum |
| Black mildew | Meliola mangiferae |
| Black mold rot | Aspergillus niger |
| Black rot | Ceratocystis paradoxa Chalara paradoxa [anamorph] |
| Blossom blight | Botrytis cinerea |
| Blue mold | Penicillium expansum |
| Branch canker | Botryosphaeria ribis Fusicoccum sp. [anamorph] Hypoxylon serpens var. effusum |
| Branch necrosis | Dothiorella sp. |
| Ceratocystis wilt | Ceratocystis fimbriata Chalara sp. [anamorph] |
| Charcoal fruit rot | Macrophomina phaseolina |
| Charcoal root rot | Macrophomina phaseolina |
| Crown rot | Fusarium solani Nectria haematococca [teleomorph] |
| Crusty leaf spot | Zimmermanniella trispora |
| Curvularia blight | Curvularia tuberculata |
| Dieback | Botryosphaeria disrupta = Physalospora disrupta Botryosphaeria quercuum = Physalospora glandicola Botryosphaeria rhodina = Physalospora rhodina Lasiodiplodia theobromae = Botryosphaeria theobromae |
| Felt fungus | Septobasidium bogoriense Septobasidium pilosum Johncouchia mangiferae [anamorph] Septobasidium pseudopedicellatum |
| Fruit rot | Alternaria alternata Phytophthora nicotianae Pestalotiopsis mangiferae Phyllosticta anacardiacearum Guignardia mangiferae [teleomorph] |
| Gall | Fusarium decemcellare Calonectria rigidiuscula [teleomorph] |
| Gray leaf spot | Pestalotiopsis mangiferae = Pestalotia mangiferae |
| Hendersonia rot | Hendersonia creberrima |
| Leaf blight | Bipolaris hawaiiensis |
| Leaf spot | Curvularia lunata Leptosphaeria sp. Macrophoma sp. Phaeosphaerella mangiferae Phoma sorghina Pseudocercospora mali Pseudocercospora subsessilis Septoria sp. Verticillium lecanii |
| Macrophoma rot | Macrophoma mangiferae |
| Mango malformation | Fusarium subglutinans (Note: some debate remains as to complete etiology of this disease.) |
| Mucor rot | Mucor circinelloides |
| Mushroom root rot | Armillaria tabescens |
| Phoma blight | Phoma glomerata |
| Phyllosticta leaf spot | Phyllosticta mortonii Phyllosticta citricarpa Guignardia citricarpa [teleomorph] Phyllosticta anacardiacearum Guignardia mangiferae [teleomorph] |
| Pink disease | Erythricium salmonicolor = Corticium salmonicolor Necator decretus [anamorph] |
| Powdery mildew | Erysiphe cichoracearum Oidium asteris-punicei [anamorph] Oidium mangiferae |
| Rhizopus rot | Rhizopus arrhizus = Rhizopus oryzae |
| Root rot | Cylindrocladiella peruviana = Cylindrocladium peruvianum Phymatotrichopsis omnivora Phytophthora nicotianae = Phytophthora nicotianae var. parasitica Phytophthora palmivora Pythium spp. Pythium splendens Rhizoctonia solani Thanatephorus cucumeris [teleomorph] Sclerotium rolfsii var. delphinii Sclerotium rolfsii |
| Scab | Elsinoe mangiferae Sphaceloma mangiferae [anamorph] |
| Sclerotinia rot | Sclerotinia sclerotiorum |
| Seed rots | Bipolaris ravenelii Marasmius sp. Pythium spp. Rhizoctonia solani |
| Shoestring rot | Armillaria mellea |
| Sooty blotch | Gloeodes pomigena |
| Sooty molds | Capnodium citri Capnodium mangiferae Capnodium ramosum Meliola spp. Tripospermum acerinum |
| Stem canker | Phoma sp. |
| Stem end rot | Botryosphaeria rhodina Dothiorella dominicana = Fusicoccum aesculi Botryosphaeria dothidea [teleomorph] Hendersonula toruloidea Lasiodiplodia theobromae = Botryodiplodia theobromae Phomopsis mangiferae |
| Stem gall | Sphaeropsis sp. |
| Stemphylium rot | Stemphylium vesicarium |
| Stigmina leaf spot | Stigmina mangiferae |
| Tip dieback | Fusarium equiseti Gibberella intricans [teleomorph] |
| Transit rot | Rhizopus stolonifer |
| Trunk rot | Hexagonia hydnoides = Polyporus hydnoides |
| Twig blight | Diaporthe spp. |
| Verticillium wilt | Verticillium albo-atrum |
| White sooty blotch | Gloeodes sp. |
| Wood rot | Ganoderma applanatum Ganoderma lucidum Phellinus gilvus Pycnoporus sanguineus = Polyporus sanguineus |

## Nematodes, parasitic

Nematodes, parasitic :
| Dagger nematode | Xiphinema brevicolle Xiphinema spp. |
| Lance nematode | Hoplolaimus columbus |
| Sheathoid nematode | Hemicriconemoides mangiferae |

## Miscellaneous diseases and disorders

Miscellaneous diseases and disorders :
| Abnormal ripening | Incorrect O$_2$:CO$_2$ ratios in storage or fruit waxing. |
| Algal leaf spot = red rust | Cephaleuros virescens Kunze |
| Black tip | Post-harvest disorder of unknown cause |
| Brushing damage | Excessive post-harvest brush polishing of fruit |
| Bunchy top | Unknown cause |
| Chilling injury | Temperatures from 7-13 °C; cultivar dependent. |
| Copper deficiency | Unavailable copper |
| Decline | Unknown etiology |
| Edema | Physiological water stress |
| Hot water scald | Excessive temperature or duration in hot water or hot water/fungicide dips |
| Impact damage | Fruit injury from mishandling during harvest or grading |
| Internal necrosis | Boron deficiency |
| Jelly seed | Unknown post-harvest disorder |
| Lenticel spotting | Heavy rains or prolonged post-harvest dips |
| Little leaf | Zinc deficiency |
| Manganese deficiency | Insufficient manganese |
| Parasitic lichen | Strigula elegans (Fee) Muell Arg. |
| Premature ripening | Cause of disorder unknown |
| Pressure damage | Surface fruit injury due to poor packing or load shift in transit |
| Sapburn injury | Sap contact with fruit skin during or post-harvest |
| Soft nose | Excessive nitrogen/low calcium levels |
| Spongy tissue | Unknown post-harvest disorder |
| Stem end cavity | Unexplained pre-harvest fruit injury |
| Sunburn | Sudden exposure of fruit to high air temperature and/or bright light |
| Tipburn | High soluble salts |