Table 2.

Putative causal agents of mango malformation are known to produce ‘stress ethylene’ in ‘mango malformation system’ and in the system other than ‘mango malformation’

Causal agents	‘Stress ethylene’ production		References
	In mango malformation system	In system other than ‘mango malformation’
Flooding stress	No	Yes	Larson et al. 1993
Viral infection	No	Yes	Abeles et al. 1992
Insect infestation	No	Yes	Dahl and Baldwin 2007
Chemical stimuli such as metal ions, herbicides and gases like SO2 etc.	No	Yes	Rymbai and Rajesh 2011 Ievinsh 2012
Fusarium spp.	No	Yes	Swart and Kamerbeek 1976, 2010
Fusarium mangiferae	Yes	Yes	Ansari et al. 2013a, b
Temperature stress	Yes	Yes	Nailwal et al. 2006
Temperature stress	Yes	Yes	Ansari et al. 2013a, b