Evaluation Fruit Physical and Yield Parameters of Different Mango (Mangifera indica L.) Varieties under High Density Planting System

Abstract:

 An experiment was conducted to study the performance of different mango varieties for fruit physical and yield parameters under high density planting. Among the varieties evaluated wide variations were observed with respect to fruits as Mallika had maximum fruit weight (386.00 g), fruit length (13.38 cm), fruit width (7.92 cm), fruit volume (383.00 cc), pulp weight (200.33 g), pulp to peel ratio (6.35) and pulp to stone ratio (6.23). Minimum peel weight (19.87 g), stone width (3.01 cm) and stone weight (20.04 g) were recorded in Amrapali and stone length (6.72 cm) was recorded minimum in Alphonso. For yield parameters, maximum number of fruits per plant (48.10) was recorded in Kesar and the maximum fruit yield per tree and fruit yield per hectare was recorded in Mallika (10.15 kg/plant and 16.91 t/ha respectively). Out of five varieties evaluated Mallika has produced desirable fruits with high yield which makes it suitable for high density planting system.