Mango Crop

Mango Crop

Botanical Name :- Mangifera indica

Family :- Anacardiaceae

Origin :- Indo-Burma region

• Temperature between 24-27 °C is ideal mango cultivation.
• Mango malformation was first observed in 1891 in Bihar.
• Malbhog variety of mango is most susceptible to water logged condition.
• Dashehari variety have high fruit retention.
• Langra variety have highest number of perfect flower.
• Mango can withstand deficiency of P but not K.
• Mango is a National fruit of India.
• Pollinator :- House fly
• Polinising variety Bombay green :- Highest vitamin-C
• Mangoes are highly susceptible to low temperature injury that's why they should be stored above °C temperature during storage.
• Mango hybridization work was first started by burns and prayag in 1911 at Pune.
• Caging technique of breeding was used in mango by Dr. R.N. Singh.
• Good mango varieties have a TSS of 20 %.
• Rumani is a used for dwarfing effect in Dashehari.
• Olour is used for dwarfing effect in Langra a Himsagar.
• Villicolumban is used for dwarfing effect in Alphonso.
• Salt resistant rootstock of mango :- Kurukkan
• Mango only 0.1 % flower develops fruits to maturity (Spray 2,4-D 10 ppm to overcome this problem)
• Spongy tissue was first observed by Cheema and Dhani in 1934.
• Dashehari, Langra, Chausa and Bombay green are self incompatible mango cultivars.
• Xavier :- Variety have highest TSS-24.8 Brix
• Longevity of mango seeds :- 30 days (4 week)
• Black tip was first observed in 1909 by wood house.
• Rumani variety of mango has apple shape fruit.

Storage temperature :-

1. Mature fruit :- 6-7 °C
2. Ripened fruit :- 20 °C

Varieties :-

Gulab khas, Himsagar, Kishanbhog, Markurad, Pairi, Totapuri, Banglora

Regular Bearing Varieties :-

Neelum, Gulabkhas, Himsagar, Pairi, Totapuri

Off Season Bearer :-

Niranjan, Madhulica

Exotic Coloured Cultivars :-

Tommy Atkins, Zilette, Haden, Sensation, Julie

• Mulgoa is mother of all coloured cultivars of mango and useful for making preserve.

No.	Varieties	Specialty of Varieties
1.	Alphonso	Most popular variety of India susceptible to spongy tissue. It has export quality.
2.	Banganpalli	Main commercial variety of Andhra Pradesh.
3.	Bombay Green	Earliest variety of North India. It is called Malda in Uttar Pradesh and Sehroli in Delhi.
4.	Chausa	Sweetest variety of mango.
5.	Dashehari	Most popular variety of North India.
6.	Fazli	Late maturing variety.
7.	Kesar	It has good processing quality.
8.	Langra	It has characteristic turpentine flavour, most prone to fruit drop.
9.	Niranjan	Off Season bearer.
10.	Neelum	Best combiner variety. Ideal for long transport, two crop in a year.
11.	Rosica	Mutant variety of mango.
12.	Madhulica	Most precocious cultivar of mango.
13.	Lal sindhuri	Powdery mildew resistance variety of mango.
14.	Rumani	Apple shaped variety.

Hybrid Varieties :-

No.	Hybrid Varieties	Cross	Specialty of Varieties
1.	Amrapalli	Dashehari × Neelum	Ø  Dwarf, Suitable for high density planting (2.5 X 2.5 m2) 1600 plants, Triangular method.
2.	Mallika	Neelum × Dashehari	Ø  Regular bearer, Highest vitamin-A content
3.	Ratna	Neelum × Alphonso	Ø  Regular bearer, free from spongy tissue and fiber. Ø  Pulp % = 78.62 %
4.	Sindhu	Ratna × Alphonso	Ø  Seedless variety of mango. Ø  Stone account 3 % of total fruit weight, Stone weight 6.75 g. Ø  Pulp % = 83 % Ø  Pulp to Stone ratio = 26:1 Ø  Result from stenospermocarpy parthenocarpy.
5.	Arka Puneet	Alphonso × Banganpalli	Ø  Free from spongy tissue.
6.	Arka Aruna	Banganpalli × Alphonso	Ø  Dwarf Ø  Free from spongy tissue.
7.	Arka Anmol	Alphonso × Janardan Pasand	Ø  Free from spongy tissue.
8.	Arka Neelkiran	Alphonso × Neelum	Ø  Free from spongy tissue.
9.	Manjeera	Rumani × Neelum
10.	Prabha Sankar	Bombay × Kalapady