Integrated Management of Major Mango Diseases

Dr. Chowdhury did PhD from Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Bangladesh.He has worked as a Research Associate, Research Fellow and Agriculture Officer in different organizations from 1987 to 2004. Now he has been working as Senior Scientific Officer of BARI since 2006 and published more than 26 research papers.

Integrated Crop Management is a broad ecological approach to control diseases. It is a holistic approach to crop production based on sound ecological understanding. The study were conducted mainly on the effect of cultural management on the control of anthracnose and malformation with emphasis to non-chemical means.Three applications of garlic extracts, horticultural practices, bagging of fruits and soil amendments reduced the incidence of mango anthracnose and resulted the highest yield. Considering combined study, management of anthracnose through horticultural practices (Pruning + Weeding + Spading)+ spraying with Garlic extract + application of fertilizers + irrigation at 14 days interval found the best and appeared to be recommend for mango orchards. Pruning with 50% malformed flower, deblossoming at bud burst stage, application of NPK and NAA @ 200 ppm applied in 1st October resulted the highest yield as compared to control.Considering combined study, deboossoming at bud burst stage + spraying with 200 ppm NAA in 1st October + application of NPK + irrigation at 14 days interval found to be effective to control malformation and appeared to be recommend for mango orchards.