Mango is an important fruit crop, grown in almost 63 countries of the world. Mango production has been severely affected by insect pests, diseases and harsh environmental conditions. Among diseases, Mango Sudden Death Syndrome (MSDS) is a very destructive disease which destroyed millions of acres all over the world. This disease could be disseminated by wind, water and/or bark beetle, Hypocryphalus mangiferae. This book focuses on the isolation of MSDS causing fungi from infected plants and different life stages and body parts of H. mangiferae. The possible role of air and irrigation water in...

Mango sudden death disease is a real threat for mango growing farmers but educated farmers are capable of managing this problem. In this context, a baseline survey was conducted to see the recent situation of mango sudden death disease in different mango growing areas of Punjab and Sindh provinces of Pakistan. For this purpose, 10 trees from each orchard of every locality were randomly selected and observed for disease severity. The disease severity was calculated according to the age of the tree on five tree portions i.e. roots, collar region, stem, limbs and leaves with a developed scale....

The present situation of mango orchards needs special attention, where about all mango orchards are suffering due to disease problem, causing sudden death or quick decline of mango trees. For the first time, this study was carried out to manage mango orchards from the incidence of sudden death disease with the application of nutrients fertilizers because healthy tree is regarded more resistant or tolerant against the infection of diseases. Regarding disease severity of sudden death, it was minimized on an average approx. 19 % by application of all nutrient combinations as compared with...