Abstract
A severe postharvest rot of mango fruits has been found in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan since 2000. A fungus frequently isolated from the diseased fruits was identified as Lasiodiplodia theobromae sensu stricto based on morphological and cultural characteristics and sequence homology of EF1-α region. The isolates reproduced the symptoms on mango fruits in an inoculation test and were reisolated from the inoculated fruits. This report is the first of stem-end rot of mango caused by L. theobromae in Japan, and we propose the name "jikugusare-byo" in Japanese.
