Performance of Neelum variety of mango (Mangifera indica L.) on polyembryonic rootstocks as compared to that on monoembryonic rootstock

Abstract

In our country mango occupies an important place in horticulture and covers maximum acreage under any single fruit crop (around two milion acres). The acreage under grafted mango trees of commercial varieties has been gradually increasing in recent years and enlightened growers are increasingly alive to the research findings. In spite of various problems, there has always been good scope of mango export to foreign countries and hence the mango planting is to be viewed from the commercial angle and to give it an industrial orientation. Successful mango cultivation is beset with many intricate problems which have to be properly investigated and tackled in order to put the mango industry on a sound footing. Among the various problems rootstock selection is a vitally important subject for successful orcharding.