2. Materials and methods
2.1. Plant material
Mature green mango (M. indica L. cv. Guifei) fruit were harvested from a commercial orchard located in Dongfang city, Hainan Province of China. Fruit were packed in cartons and transported to the postharvest laboratory within 6 h. Fruit of uniform size and appearance without visible symptoms of disease and mechanical injury were selected for the experiments.
2.2. Pathogen
Isolation of C. gloeosporioides and preparation of spore suspensions (1 × 106 spores per milliliter) were performed as described in Zhang et al. (2013).