This study was conducted to develop essential oil treatment systems as eco-friendly strategies to control postharvest stem-end rot (SER) disease of Karthakolomban mango and to determine the pathogenicity of several SER associated fungi. Karthakolomban mango fruits were subjected to spray and fumigation treatments using four essential oils and their pathological, physicochemical and sensory properties were evaluated after a 8-day storage at 12 – 14 ºC. Spray and fumigation treatments conducted using basil, clove, cinnamon leaf and cinnamon bark oils effectively controlled SER of Karthakolomban mango stored at 12 – 14 ºC for 8 days without drastic alterations in physicochemical and sensory properties. Lasiodiplodia theobromae, Pestalotiopsis sp., Phomopsis sp. and Xylaria feejeensis were the major SER pathogens of mango, while X. feejeensis was identified as a SER pathogen for the first time in Sri Lanka.

  T. D. Kodituwakku, K. Abeywickrama , K. O. L. C. Karunanayake

 Journal of Agricultural Sciences – Sri Lanka

Abstract :- http://doi.org/10.4038/jas.v15i1.8669