were noticed after 7 days (Table 3). Hot water dips at 53 C for
10e20 min was not deleterious to mangoes but more than 20 min
would cause LBS after 14 days. HWT at 55 C for 10e50 min yielded
fruit with LLBS, SS and SH after 7 days. The optimum exposure for
‘Carabao’ mango was 53 C, 20 min.
3.3. Pathogenicity of pathogens after HWT
C. gloeosporioides formed chocolate brown and depressed spots
on fruit, while L. theobromae formed brown to black lesions of
irregular shape after 7 days of artificial inoculation.
C. gloeosporioides and L. theobromae were isolated from their
respective lesions