In fruiting trees pruning is confined to the removal of dead wood and brances broken or weakened by pests and diseases. Badly infested plants get completely girdled and die. All infected branches should be removed. Control by injecting insecticides in the holes do reduce the damage. The leaf cutter weevil neatly cuts off tender young leaves leaving the petioles standing.
Control is by spraying when new flushes appear.
The oriental fruit-fly lays eggs under the rind of ripening mangoes and the emerging maggots start feeding on the soft pulp. Damaged fruits are co2llected and disposed of. Shoot borers damage young shoots and flowers. Control is by spraying with insecticide. Anthracnose is the most common disease of the mango.