Studies on the Effect of Pruning on Flowering Behaviour of Mangocv. Alphonso

摘要

Knowledge of those aspects that motivate fruit growers towards more fruit production is necessary in order to implement policies to stimulate fruit production. To predict future fruit production of cultivar Alphonso in Konkan region as well as throughout the country of India based on such knowledge from experts, and based on historic data, the present field experiment was undertaken in the Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Dr. Balasaheb Saivant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli. Dist. Ratnagiri during the year 2009-2010. The experiment was carried out in FRBD design with three replications, seven treatments and the three pruning methods. The results reveal that pruning the tree on past season growth wood (M method) increases early emergence, more numbers of vegetative shoot and higher shoot length and girth. This is useful to regain the vegetative growth when the tree gets exhausted due to higher yields, while that of pruning on current season shoots (Mj method) in the first and third week of October resulted in the early emergence of inflorescence, flowering, better fruit set and yield. Besides, thepruningon 50% current season shoots (M method) showed better results. These methods provide a good alternative to more traditional forecasting methods.