The cross inoculation experiments demonstrated variations in the level of host preference
among C. gloeosporioides isolates from different fruit crops. Among the different fruit crops,
mango, cashew and custard apple were highly susceptible to the anthracnose disease. The
isolates of C. gloeosporioides obtained from acid lime, custard apple, pomegranate, cashew
and guava could infect the mango leaves and fruits except papaya isolate which produced
infection only on mango fruits. Among different isolates of C. gloeosporioides, the cashew
isolate was more virulent on mango leaves and fruits followed by custard apple and guava
isolates. This study established the possibility of cross infection between host organisms in
the case of seven isolates of C. gloeosporioides with respect to examined varieties of hosts.
This could result in the development of model orchards of mango mixed cropping systems,
with the motto of an integrated, safe and convenient means of reducing post harvest losses in
fruit crops.