2.5.Effect of chitosan coating on anthracnose
diseases incidence of mango fruits
Fresh mango fruits cv. Cenara apparently
free from physical damage and diseases were used in
this experiment. Fruits were surface disinfected with
sodium hypocholorite (5%) and washed several times
with sterilized water, fruits were gently injured with
sterilized needle. Fruits were dipped in 0.05 , 0.1 ,0.2
and 0.4 % (w/v) chitosan solutions. Control fruits
were dipped in sterilized water. The coated and
control (uncoated) fruits were air dried for 2hr in
laminar flow. Inoculation of fruits was carried out by
spraying them individually with spore suspension
(106 spore/ ml) of C. gloeosporioides.Coatedinoculated
fruits were stored at 10°C for 30 daysMango fruits were examined daily for disease
assessment. Each treatment was represented by 5
replicates with 10 fruits of each were used. Each
experiment was repeated three times.