Abstract
The present investigation entitled “Bio-chemical evaluation of mango (Mangifera indica L.) cv. Kesar at Saurashtra region” was carried out at Department of Horticulture and Food Testing Laboratory, College of Agriculture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh during the year 2013-14. Nine different locations from Saurashtra region were selected for this experiment viz., Una, Mendarda, Bheshan, Junagadh (Sakkarbaug), Talala, Vanthali, Dhari, Aadityana and Ghogha. The harvested sample fruits from different locations were cleaned, ripened at room temperature in paper boxes, than used for further bio-chemical evaluation. The experiment was conducted in Completely Randomized Design. The myth has been proven to be real from this scientific study. From the conducted experiment over nine different locations, it can be concluded that the Talala is more congenial for mango cv. Kesar or it can be truly say that mango orchards located at/near Talala region produces better quality fruits as compared to others.
Highlights
The mango (Mangifera indica L.) (2n=2 x =40) is one of the choicest fruit of tropical and sub-tropical region of the world, especially in Asia
Total sugar - The Table 1 clearly shows that total sugar content (117.78 mg/g) was significantly highest in fruits of treatment L5 (Talala), which remained at par with treatments L1 (115.45 mg/g), L2
The effect of temperature for increasing fruit quality may be explained with reason that the metabolism and composition of fruit are affected by temperature and the result shown in table (Table 1) indicates the values for bio-chemical characters of fruit
Summary
The mango (Mangifera indica L.) (2n=2 x =40) is one of the choicest fruit of tropical and sub-tropical region of the world, especially in Asia. Mango is popular due to its excellent flavour, delicious taste, delicate fragrance, attractive colour and nutritive value which make at rank among the best fruits of world. Kesar is the most popular cultivar grown around Gujarat state. The fruits are medium to large sized (250-325 g per fruit), oblong in shape with an attractive light apricot-yellow color. The taste is very good and sugar/ acid blend is excellent. Tree bear excellent quality fruits with saffron coloured pulp when ripe and delicious. Excellent for table purpose fruits, medium sized with fiber-less stone. The “Kesar” fruit has 18 to 22 percent T.S.S., 0.25 to o.29 percent acidity and 10.5 to 12.0 percent total sugars with storability of 15 to 20 days [1,2]
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