Table 6 Effect of combined application of plant extract and hot water treatment on anthracnose severity on artificially inoculated mango fruit.

From: Combining plant extracts and hot water treatments for the management of postharvest mango anthracnose (Colletotrichum gloeosporioides)

Plant extract

Hot water treat

Disease severity (1–5 scale)*

R. chalepensis

55 °C

1.33 ± 0.24e

 

50 °C

1.80 ± 0.00c–e

 

24 °C

2.27 ± 0.18c

A. sativum

55 °C

1.33 ± 0.24e

 

50 °C

1.60 ± 0.31de

 

24 °C

2.13 ± 0.27cd

S. latifolius

55 °C

2.27 ± 0.07c

 

50 °C

2.40 ± 0.20c

 

24 °C

3.13 ± 0.13b

Control

55 °C

3.20 ± 0.12b

 

50 °C

3.27 ± 0.07b

 

24 °C

5.00 ± 0.00a

CV (%)

 

12.95

  1. *Disease Severity scored on 1–5 scale, Where 1 = infected area 0–1% no disease 2 = 1–5%, slight diseases; 3 = 6–9%, moderate disease; 4 = 10–49%, severe disease and 5 = 50–100%; very severe disease.
  2. Mean followed with the same latter(s) are not statistically different at p < 0.05 according to LSD.
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