| Crop | Mango (Mangifera indica) | 
| Disease | Powdery Mildew | 
| Pathogen | Oidium mangiferae | 
| Group | Fungi (Ascomycota)   See Taxonomy | 
    Symptoms
   
      
- Powdery growth covers the stalk of the panicle, flowers, tender fruits and leaves.
- Affected fruits and flowers fall prematurely.
| Pathogen Characters | |
| Pathogen | Oidium mangiferae | 
| Type | Oidium (Learn more about Oidium) | 
| Mycelium | Hyaline, branched, septate. Produces haustoria inside the epidermal cells. | 
| Asexual | Short conidiophore and conidia. Conidia are borne singly/rarely in chains. | 
| Pathogen Taxonomy | |
| Kingdom | Fungi | 
| Division | Ascomycota | 
| Class | Leotiomycetes | 
| Order | Erysiphales | 
| Family | Erysiphaceae | 
| Genus | Oidium | 
| Species | Oidium mangiferae | 
    Management
      
- Dusting the plants with fine sulphur (250-300 mesh) at the rate of 0.5 kg/tree.
- The first application may be soon after flowering, second 15 days later (or) spray with Wettable sulphur (0.2%), (or) Carbendazim (0.1%),(or) Tridemorph ( 0.1%),(or) Karathane (0.1%).
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