What's eating my alphonso mango?

Alphonso Mango's greatest pest is mango hopper, which devastates flowers and young fruit. Mango mealybug and fruit flies damage ripening fruit. Scale insects cluster on bark and fruit. In container culture indoors, spider mites and mealybugs are the main indoor threats. Good airflow and early intervention are essential.

Hoppers suck sap from flower panicles and young fruit; honeydew promotes sooty mold; heavy attacks cause flower and fruitlet drop Apply imidacloprid or thiamethoxam at early panicle emergence; repeat at pea-size fruit stage; remove weeds that harbor hoppers

White waxy clusters on new shoots, panicles, and fruit stalks; stunted shoots; honeydew and sooty mold Sticky bands around trunk to block crawlers; horticultural oil or insecticidal soap sprays; remove egg masses in soil around base

Maggots inside ripening fruit; premature fruit drop; brown internal decay Methyl eugenol bait traps for monitoring and mass trapping; bag individual fruit; harvest at first color break

Fine stippling on leaves; bronze cast; fine webbing on undersides in dry indoor conditions Increase humidity; mist foliage; neem oil or miticide spray; introduce Phytoseiulus predatory mites