Sunscald: Burnt skin
Symptoms Surface skin of fruits facing afternoon sun turns brown or bronze colour and may also become dark brown due to scorching,...
Sunscald: Bronze colour of skin
Symptoms The damage is more in open canopies. Surface skin of fruits facing afternoon sun turns brown or bronze colour and may also...
Internal breakdown
Symptoms The arils become soft, light creamy-brown to dark blackish-brown and unfit for consumption. Causes Boron deficiency, calcium and...
Internal breakdown: Dark brown arils
Symptoms The arils become soft, light creamy-brown to dark blackish-brown and unfit for consumption. Causes Boron deficiency, calcium and...
Internal breakdown: Creamy brown arils
Symptoms The fruit looks healthy with normal peel colour. The arils become soft, light creamy-brown to dark blackish-brown and unfit for...
Internal breakdown: Normal peel with discoloured arils
Symptoms The apparently healthy looking fruits when cut open reveal discoloured mushy arils. The arils become soft, light creamy-brown to...
Splitting and cracking: Fruit splitting
Symptoms The fruits can split/crack open and arils are exposed without any biotic cause. This leads to loss of market value and often...
Splitting and cracking: Exposed arils
Symptoms The fruits can split/crack open and arils are exposed without any biotic cause. This leads to loss of market value and often...
Splitting and cracking: Deep cracks
Symptoms The fruits can split/crack open and arils are exposed without any biotic cause. This leads to loss of market value and often...
Fruit rot: Light brown tan color rot
Pathogen:Phytophthora sp. Symptoms Light brown tan colour rot, generally first in fruits near ground level, spreads rapidly with white...
