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Effect of number and criteria of young fruits in loco on yieldof mango

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 December 2012

Sakhidin ,
Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva  and
Slamet Rohadi Suparto
Sakhidin
Affiliation:
Dep. Agrotechnol., Fac. Agric., Jenderal Soedirman Univ., Jl. Dr. Soeparno, Purwokerto 51123, Central Java, Indones. [email protected]
Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva
Affiliation:
Fac. Agric. Grad. School Agric., Kagawa Univ., Miki-cho, Ikenobe 2393, Kagawa-ken, 761-0795, Jpn
Slamet Rohadi Suparto
Affiliation:
Dep. Agrotechnol., Fac. Agric., Jenderal Soedirman Univ., Jl. Dr. Soeparno, Purwokerto 51123, Central Java, Indones. [email protected]
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Abstract

Introduction. The aim of our research was to optimize the number of young mango (Mangifera indica L. cv. ‘Arumanis’) fruits that could be maintained per panicle and to improve the criteria for the selection of fruit to be maintained in loco to allow a high yield to be achieved. Materials and methods. The factors investigated were the number of young fruits maintained per panicle (either 2, 4 or 6), while the criteria of young fruits to be maintained were: the number of biggest fruit, fruits attached at the base of the panicle, and fruits distributed evenly from the base to the top of the panicle. Results. Our study shows that maintaining six young fruits per panicle gave the highest weight of harvested mango fruits per plant (33 kg) and the lowest weight per fruit (466 g). Maintaining the biggest mango fruit on the panicle resulted in the highest weight per fruit (496 g). Conclusion. Increasing the number of young fruits maintained per panicle from 2 to 6 linearly increased the weight of fruits per plant, although it decreased the weight per fruit linearly.

Keywords

IndonesiaMangifera indicacultivationthinningdefruitingyieldsweightfruitsIndonésieMangifera indicapratique culturaleéclaircissagesuppression de fruitsrendementpoidsfruitsIndonesiaMangifera indicacultivoaclareosupresión de frutosrendimientopesofrutas
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Fruits , Volume 68 , Issue 1 , January 2013 , pp. 25 - 31
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© 2012 Cirad/EDP Sciences

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