A post harvest disease of Mangifera indica fruit caused by Pestalotiopsis mangiferae, in Saudi Arabia.

L.) is a member of the family Anacardiaceae, also known as the cashew nut family (Nakasone and Paull, 1998). Mangoes are ranked as one of the top five fruit crops in the world (Oosthuyse, 1993). The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Diseased mango fruit was taken from the market in Saudi Arabia. estimates worldwide production at nearly 35,000,000 tonnes (39,000,000 short tons) in 2009 Symptoms were carefully studied and iso(Anonymous, 2012). The USA's import of mangoes is the highest (43.2%) in the world. China, Hong Kong, Netherlands, United Arab Emirates (UAE), France, Malaysia, UK, Saudi Arabia, Germany, and Singapore are other major importers of mangoes. Post-harvest diseases of mango reduce fruit quality and cause severe losses, because they leave them completely unmarketable. Fungal pathogens play a major role in post harvest rotting of mangoes. Fungal pathogens involved in mango rotting after harvest include