Studies on fruit and yield traits in indigenous coloured varieties of mango(Mangifera indica L.) in South Gujarat, India

H.   Rymbai; C. R.   Patel; T. R.   Ahlawat; N. L.   Patel

Studies on fruit and yield traits in indigenous coloured varieties of mango(Mangifera indica L.) in South Gujarat, India

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Society for Promotion of Horticulture

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An investigation on fruit descriptors and yield in twelve mango varieties was conducted under South Gujaratconditions. Maximum fruit length was recorded in cv. Totapuri (16.23cm). Vanraj showed the highest values for fruitwidth (11.67cm), fruit circumference (37.37cm), fruit weight (729g), fruit volume (575.59cm3) and fruit pulp (78.93%).Maximum TSS (21.20%), acidity (0.42%) and fruit firmness (7.00 rating) was observed in cvs. Deshi-1, Deshi-3 andMakaram, respectively. ‘Totapuri’ had maximum total shelf-life (21.33 days), number of fruits per tree (383.00) andfruit yield (236.80kg/tree). The varieties had green to yellow ground-colour of peel. All the varieties had red-blushpeel colour, excepting cvs. Dadamio, Makaram and Swarnarekha which were purplish-red. Similarly, pulp colourranged from light yellow to light orange. Based on overall performance, cvs. Alphonso, Deshi-1, Deshi-2, Kesar,Khandesi Borasio, Totapuri and Vanraj proved to be superior to the other varieties.