Vol. 7, Issue 4 (2019)
Effect of planting density and mulching on fruit quality traits of mango (Mangifera indica L.) cv. Alphonso
Author(s): D Kiranshankar, Athani SI, Praveen Jholgikar, Chavan ML, Allolli TB, Ramachandra Naik K and Naik RB
Abstract: Mango (Mangifera indica L.) is the leading fruit crop of India, belonging to family Anacardiaceae and the present work was carried out to know the effect of planting density and mulching on fruit quality traits of mango cv. Alphonso The An investigation was done with four different spacing i.e. D1- 2.5 × 2.5 m (1600 plants/ ha), D2- 5.0 × 2.5 m (800 plants/ ha), D3- 5.0 × 5.0 m (400 plants/ ha), D4- 7.5 × 5.0 m (267 plants/ ha) with three different combinations of mulching i.e. M1- Paddy straw mulch, M2- Plastic mulch (50 micron thickness), M3- Without mulch (control) and their interaction was studied. The results revealed that, the combined effect of planting density and mulching showed highest fruit volume (270.83 cc), fresh fruit weight (319.83 g), weight of ripe fruit (296.08 g), fruit diameter (7.8 cm), fruit length (9.65 cm), pulp weight (244.92 g), TSS (20.17 °B), titratable acidity (0.6%), ascorbic acid content (41.23 mg/100g), reducing sugars (4.92%) and total sugar (13.78%) in treatment D3M2 (plant spacing of 5.0 x 5.0 m with plastic mulch) and minimum was observed in control.
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D Kiranshankar, Athani SI, Praveen Jholgikar, Chavan ML, Allolli TB, Ramachandra Naik K, Naik RB. Effect of planting density and mulching on fruit quality traits of mango (Mangifera indica L.) cv. Alphonso. Int J Chem Stud 2019;7(4):584-587.
