Orchard sanitation as a means of controlling postharvest diseases.
Saaiman, W. C.;
Yearbook - South African Mango Growers' Association Year: 1997 Vol: 17 Pages: 73-74
1997
บทคัดย่อ
The aim of this trial was to try to reduce the incidence of postharvest diseases (anthracnose and soft brown rot caused by Nattrassia mangiferae and Colletotrichum gloeosporioides [Glomerella cingulata]) by removing all possible sources of inoculum from the trees and orchards. Kent trees in the Letsitele Valley were used in this trial. Sanitation was performed by removing all non-bearing flower panicles as well as all dead leaves and branches. Trees that received no sanitation served as control trees. Sanitation caused a big reduction in the incidence and severity of both anthracnose and soft brown rot when compared with trees that received no sanitation.