• Produces leaf spots, blossom blight, wither tip, twigs blight and fruit rot.
• Small blister like spots develop on the leaves and twigs. Young leaves  wither  and dry  Tender twigs wither and die back  symptom appears.
• Affected branches ultimately dry up. Black spots appear on fruits.
• The fruit pulp becomes hard, crack and decay at ripening. Infected fruits drop

Symptoms on fruits			Mango Anthracnose on Leaves

Colletotrichum  gloeosporioides	Mango Anthracnose on Fruits

Management

• Spray P. fluorescens (FP 7) at 3 weeks interval commencing from October at 5g/like on flower branches.
• 5-7 sprays one to be given on flowers and bunches.
• Before storage, treat with hot water, (50-55°C) for 15 minutes or dip in Benomyl solution (500ppm) or Thiobendazole (1000ppm) for 5 minutes