Abstract
An experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of six pre-harvest treatments on yield, quality and shelf life of a particular Mango cv. Amropali under field condition. The experimental factors were Control, Decis and Savin @ 2 ml L-1, Pheromone trap, Boron 2 mg L-1 and Magic growth @ 2 ml L-1. The plants were of age about 15 years at BAU Germplasm Centre- FTIP, Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh during January to July 2013. The experiment was laid out in a Randomized Completely Block Design (RCBD) with three replications. Amropali produced higher number of fruits plant-1 when treated with Boron @ 2 ml L-1 followed by Magic growth 2mlL-1.Maximum number of fruits plant-1, higher yield plant-1 and higher TSS% were recorded in the treatment Boron 2mlL-1. Boron treatment also extended the shelf life of mango as well. The maximum shelf life was found from large sized fruits. Similar performance on yield, quality and shelf life were obtained from Magic growth treatment @ 2 ml L-1 followed by pheromone trap treatment. Control treated fruits exhibited the minimum number of fruits per plant with lower quality but better TSS%. Smaller fruits were obtained from untreated control plants.Res. Agric., Livest. Fish.2(2): 279-286, August 2015
Highlights
Mango (Mangifera indica L.) is an excellent fruit belongs to the genus Mangifera, consisting of numerous species of tropical fruit plants belongs to the family Anacardiaceae
It was found that the 2 ml L-1 Boron as foliar spray resulted the maximum number of total fruits plant–1 (241.67) followed by Magic growth (210.0), Pheromone trap (169.67) and Decis (160.33) where Desis, Magic growth and Pheromone trap were statistically significant at 1% level of probability
Amropali) has significant difference in respect of total fruit, diseased fruit, insect infested fruit and fresh fruit plant–1 under different conditions
Summary
Mango (Mangifera indica L.) is an excellent fruit belongs to the genus Mangifera, consisting of numerous species of tropical fruit plants belongs to the family Anacardiaceae. Availability of mango in market is very shorter. The main concern is to extend the availability of mango either before or after the season. Alternet bearing, low fruit set as well as poor quality of fruits are main problems of mango production. In spite of adequate flowering, low fruit yield in mango orchards have been experienced because of low initial fruit set and subsequently higher fruitlet abscission (Singh and Singh, 1995). Fruit abscission is a very complex physiological process, occurs in many cultivars of mango and at all stages of development, but it is high during the first 3–4 weeks after pollination and accounts for over 90 % loss of fruit lets (Bains et al 1997, Wahdan 2011)
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