Abstract
Anthracnose and stem end rots are the main postharvest diseases affecting mangoes in Australia and limiting the shelf life of fruits whenever they are not controlled. The management of these diseases has often relied on the use of fungicide applications either as field spray treatments, postharvest dips or both. Because of concerns with continuous fungicide use, other options for the sustainable management of these diseases are needed. Field trials were conducted to assess the efficacy of three plant activators for the control of these diseases over a 2-year period on 20-year old ‘R2E2’ mango trees in north Queensland. The activators evaluated were: Bion, Kasil and Mangocote. The efficacy of these activators was compared with that of a standard industry field spray program using a combination of fungicides, as well as to un¬treated controls. Conditions favoured good development of the target diseases in both years to be able to differentiate treatment effects. Kasil as a drench was as effective as the standard fungicide program on the management of anthracnose and stem end rots. Bion as foliar sprays showed similar efficacy with its effectiveness comparable with the standard spray program. Both activators had significantly less disease incidences when compared with the untreated control. The third activator, Mangocote was not very effective in controlling the target diseases. Its effect was not significantly better than the untreated controls. The results from this 2-year study suggest that plant activators can play an effective role in mango postharvest disease management. Proper timing could reduce the number of fungicide sprays in an integrated disease management program enabling sustainable yields of quality fruits without the continuous concerns of health and environmental risks from continuous reliance on fungicide use.
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Claim · model-written summary
Kasil drench was as effective as standard fungicide management for anthracnose and stem end rots.
- Taxon
- MANGO
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Mangifera indicat0 - Treatment
- Kasil as a drenche0
- Outcome
- management of anthracnose and stem end rotse0
- Direction
- as effective ase0
- Comparator
- standard fungicide programe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e0“Kasil as a drench was as effective as the standard fungicide program on the management of anthracnose and stem end rots”
t0“MANGO”
Claim · model-written summary
Bion foliar sprays had efficacy comparable to the standard spray program.
- Taxon
- MANGOMangifera indicat0
- Treatment
- Bion as foliar sprayse0
- Outcome
- efficacye0
- Direction
- comparablee0
- Comparator
- standard spray programe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Bion as foliar sprays showed similar efficacy with its effectiveness comparable with the standard spray program”
t0“MANGO”
Claim · model-written summary
Kasil produced significantly less disease incidence than untreated control.
- Taxon
- MANGOMangifera indicat0
- Treatment
- Kasil as a drenche1
- Outcome
- disease incidencese0
- Direction
- lesse0
- Comparator
- untreated controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Both activators had significantly less disease incidences when compared with the untreated control”
e1“Kasil as a drench”
t0“MANGO”
Claim · model-written summary
Bion produced significantly less disease incidence than untreated control.
- Taxon
- MANGOMangifera indicat0
- Treatment
- Bion as foliar sprayse1
- Outcome
- disease incidencese0
- Direction
- lesse0
- Comparator
- untreated controle0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Both activators had significantly less disease incidences when compared with the untreated control”
e1“Bion as foliar sprays”
t0“MANGO”
Claim · model-written summary
Mangocote did not control the target diseases much better than untreated control.
- Taxon
- MANGOMangifera indicat0
- Treatment
- Mangocotee0
- Outcome
- controlling the target diseasese0
- Direction
- not significantly bettere0
- Comparator
- untreated controlse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“The third activator, Mangocote was not very effective in controlling the target diseases. Its effect was not significantly better than the untreated controls”
t0“MANGO”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors suggest plant activators for mango postharvest disease management.
- Taxon
- mangoMangifera indicae0
- Outcome
- plant activators can play an effective role in mango postharvest disease managemente0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“plant activators can play an effective role in mango postharvest disease management”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors suggest proper timing could reduce fungicide sprays in integrated disease management.
- Taxon
- MANGOMangifera indicat0
- Outcome
- reduce the number of fungicide sprayse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Proper timing could reduce the number of fungicide sprays in an integrated disease management program enabling sustainable yields of quality fruits”
t0“MANGO”
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