Major Pests & Damage
Anthracnose
(Colletotrichum gloeriosporides)
On mango, anthracnose symptoms occur on leaves, twigs, petioles, flower clusters (panicles), and fruits. On leaves, lesions start as small, angular, brown to black spots that can enlarge to form extensive dead areas. The lesions may drop out of leaves during dry weather.
Mango Malformations
(Fusarium moniliformae and eriophid mites)
The most common symptom is abnormal, compact development of flowers and shoots. Both normal growth and growth affected by mango malformation disease may be present on the same tree.
Powdery Mildew
(Oidium mangiferae)
The characteristic symptom of the disease is the whitish, superficial, powdery fungal growth, mainly on inflorescences. Affected flowers do not open and in most cases, they shed prematurely. Young fruits may also be covered with powdery growth and drop off prematurely.
Dieback
(Botryodiplodia theobromae)
The disease symptoms of dieback on mango are commonly associated with drying and withering of twigs from top downwards, followed by discoloration, drying and eventual dropping of leaves.
