Impact of powdery mildew and sooty mold diseases on mango by natural fungicide
1 Integrated Control Research Department, Plant pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre, 9 Gamaa street Giza 12619, Egypt.
2 Economic Entomology and Pesticides Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt.
3 Fruit Diseases Research Department, Plant pathology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre, 9 Gamaa street.
Research Article
International Journal of Scientific Research Updates, 2022, 03(02), 127–133.
Article DOI: 10.53430/ijsru.2022.3.2.0053
Publication history:
Received on 02May 2022; revised on 18 June 2022; accepted on 20 June 2022
Abstract:
An investigation was carried out to determine the efficacy of some organic materials to manage powdery mildew and sooty mold diseases on mango, under natural field condition at Sharqia and Ismaelia governorates in Egypt. PlcoCure natural fungicide applied as foliar spray to find out its efficacy and profitability compared with control (no spray) and chemical fungicides Super sard potassium soap, Malathion, mineral oil to control sooty mold. All the treatments controlled the diseases significantly compared with control. As chemical, the PlcoCure showed significant impact on disease reduction. This natural fungicide gave a higher benefit with minimum production cost and this approach is proposed to the mango growing farmers to control the diseases. So, organic combination might be a better option to control powdery mildew and sooty mold diseases on mango rather than chemical control as it is cost-effective, environment friendly and good yield.
Keywords:
Mango; Powdery mildew; Sooty mold; Chili oil; Garlic oil
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