Bacterial spot detected on Argentine mangoes

Mango production in Argentina is growing. The agroecological characteristics allow the development of the production of this fruit and the cultivation to be extended to several areas of the province of Formosa. From the Area of Research and Technological Development of Family Agriculture (IPAF) a team of researchers detected the presence of bacterial black spot in a batch of mangoes at the unit. This disease is considered the most important and limiting of the cultivation of this fruit tree. Pilar Ortega y Villasana, a researcher at IPAF NEA, explained that the bacteriosis detected in the mango batches is caused by Xanthomonas spp. “We are facing a very severe attack on the Tommy Atkins mango variety. After sending the samples to the Plant Health Laboratory of the Agricultural Experimental Station of INTA Bella Vista in Corrientes, which confirmed that the bacteriosis was caused by Xanthomonas spp. At the same time, pathogenicity tests are being carried out in the said ...