Creswell and milholland (1988) found that conidia
are present in rain water all year, indicating the importance of rain as a mechanism of pathogen spread.
Fruiting
structure of Botryospareia spp. are often produced on old mango tree litter, enabling easy spore dispersal by
means of rain splash and wind. Botryodpareia overwinter as a black pycnidia and perithecia in wart like stomata
on living and dead cankered limbs of trees of mummified frui