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PREVALENCE OF DISEASES IN MANGO NURSERIES IN PUNJAB, PAKISTAN
• 1Faisal S. Fateh, 1Munawar R. Kazmi, 2Chrys. N. Akem and 3Tariq Malik
• 1Nat‐IPM Programme, IPEP, National Agricultural Research Centre, Park Road, Islamabad, Pakistan
• 2Queensland Primary Industries and Fisheries, Ayr, Australia• 3Mango Research Station Shujabad, Punjab, Pakistan
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Contents
• Introduction• Background• Objective• Results• Way forward
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INTRODUCTION• Mango King of fruits• Stands second after citrus inPakistan
• Mango as foreign exchangeearning crop (US$6.2 m, 2010)
• Mango area 170.1 thousandhectares production of 1727.1thousand tonnes (Govt. ofPakistan, 2009)
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Mango Sudden Death Malformation
Powdery Mildew Anthracnose
Common Diseases
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Nurseries might be source of diseases?• Mango nurseries inside orchards
• Trees shading nurseries are infected
• Infected nursery plants result in the infected orchard.
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How nursery plants receive infection?
• Growing under infected trees• In efficient grafting protocols.
• Improper Irrigation (Quality, method)
• Nursery raising in infected soils
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Objective
To determine the prevalence ofdiseases occurring in mangonurseries so that growers could beadvised on strategies to producehealthier nursery seedlings.
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PAKISTAN
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Districts Surveyed
•Multan•Bahawalpur•Rahim Yar Khan•Lahore•Faisalabad•Jhang
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RESULTS S. No
Disease Symptoms Incidence
1 Mango Sudden Death (MSD)
oozing and/or gummosis on seedling stems
43%
2 Malformation malformed florets 70%
3 Anthracnose leaf spots on young flushes
30%
4 Powdery Mildew
coatings on leaves 6%
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Fig. 1: (A&C) Mango Sudden Death Syndrome symptoms (B) Powdery Mildew (D) Malformation
B D
A C
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• The surveys drew attention to the issues identifiedand follow up discussions with the nursery ownersare helping to improve their nursery managementstrategies.
• The results showed that the current nursery practicesare a big source of threat for future mango orchards.
• There is a lot of room and potential for improvementin mango nursery and in turn mango production
CONCLUSIONS
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•Germplasm unit (GPU) establishment.
•Certification of Mango Nurseries
•Standardization of pot media from local sources
•Capacity building of nursery men.
Way Forward
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ACKNOWLEGEMENTS
Funding for this work was providedby Australia Pakistan AgricultureSector Linkages Program (ASLP)Mango Production Project .
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Thank you