Mango : pests

Pests of National Significance

Insect Pests and mites

• Mango hopper: Idioscopus clypealis Lethierry , I. nitidulus Walker and Amritodus Atkinsoni Lethierry.Idioscopus niveosparsus Leth together (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)
• Mango mealy bug: Drosicha mangiferae Green (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)
• Fruit fly: Bactrocera dorsalis, HendelB. Correcta Bezzi and B. zonata Saunders (Diptera: Tephritidae)
• Inflorescence midge: Erosomyiaindica Grover, Dasineuraamraramanjarae, ProcystiphovramangiferaeBitancourt& Jenkinsand Procontare niamatteiana (Diptera Cecidomyiidae)
• Stem borer: Batocera rufomaculata DeGeer (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
• Bark eating caterpillar: Indarbela quadrinotata Walker (Lepidoptera: Metarbedelidae)
• Stone Weevil: Sternochetus mangiferae Fabricius (Coleoptera:Curculionidae)
• Shoot Borer: Chlumetia transversa, Walker, (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
• Leaf Webber: Orthaga exvinascea Hampson (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
• Shoot gall psylla: Apsyllaci stellate Buckton (Hemiptera: Psyllidae)
• Red ant: Oecophylla smaragdina (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
• Eriophyid mite: Aceria mangiferae (Eriophyidae: Acarina)
• Stone weevil: Sternochetus mangiferae Fab. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae
• Termites: Odontotermes obesus, Microtermes obesi (Isoptera: Termitidae)

Diseases

• Powdery mildew: Oidium mangiferae Berthet
• Anthracnose: Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Ston, Spaull and Schrenk
• Die back: Botryodiplodia theobromae Pat. (Lasiodiplodia theobromae (Pat.) Griffon & Maubl.)
• Sooty mould: Meliola mangiferae Earle (Capnodium mangiferae Cke. & Brown)
• Mango malformation complex: Fusarium mangiferae Wollenweber & Reinking, etc.
• Gummosis: Lasiodiplodia theobromae (Pat.) Griffon and Mauble (Synonyms: Botryodiplodia theobromae Pat. Physalospora rhodina Cooke, perfect stage of Botryodiplodia theobromae Pat.
• Post-harvest disease
• Anthracnose: Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Penz.) Penz.and Sacc
• Aspergillus rot/Black mould rot: Aspergillus niger Van Tiegh
• Stem end rot: Lasiodiplodia theobromae Pat. Griffon & Maubl.

Weeds

• Bermuda grass : Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. (Poaceae)
• Purple nutsedge: Cyperus rotundus L. (Cypraceae)
• Biden spilosa: L. Spanish needles, (Asteraceae)
• Coat buttons: Tridax procumbens L., (Asteraceae)
• Silk leaf: Lagascea mollis Cav, Asteraceae)
• Madras leaf-flower: Phyllanthus madraspatensis L, (Euphorbiaceae)
• Dendrophthoe glabrescens (Loranthaceae)

Pests of Regional Significance

Insect pests

• Scale insects: Chloropulvinaria polygonata Cockerell, Aspidiotus destructor Signoret (Homoptera: Coccidae) (Utter Pradesh, Karnataka) 11
• Shoot borer: Chlumetia transversa Walker (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) (Karnataka, Rajashtan, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat)
• Shoot gall psylla: Apsylla cistellata Buckton (Psyllidae :Homoptera) (Bihar, Utter Predesh)
• Leaf webber: Orthaga euadrusalis Walker (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) (Tamil Nadu)
• Thrips: Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood, (Gujarat, West Bengal) Caliothrips indicus, Rhipiphorothrips cruentatus (Thysanoptera:Thripidae)
• Red spider mite: Oligonychus mangiferus Rahman and Sapra (Acari: Tetranychidae) (Bihar)

Diseases

• Phoma blight: Phoma glomerata (Cords) Woll. Hochapf (Uttar Pradesh)
• Bacterial canker: Xanthomonas campestris pv. mangiferae-indicae (Maharashtra)
• Red rust,: Cephaleuros virescens Kunze
• Scab: Elsinoe mangiferae Bitancourt and Jenkins = anamorph: Sphaceloma mangiferae Bitancourt and Jenkins
• Root Rot & Damping off: Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn

IPM for Mango

To know the IPM practices for Mango, click here.

Source: NIPHM and Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine & Storage