Growth and yield of mango cv. Golek in Java over 25 years.
Verheij E. W. M.
Author Affiliation: Dep. Trop. Crop Sci., Agric. Univ., Wageningen, Netherlands.
Gardens' Bulletin 40 : 145-152
Abstract : Trunk cross-sectional areas of selected Golek clones increased almost linearly from the age of 5 to 25 years at the high rates of 90 cm² and 70cm² per year for nucellar seedlings and grafted trees, respectively. Yields were extremely low and erratic and did not seem to affect tree growth. The highest yield levels occasionally attained by individual trees amounted to 1 fruit per cm² trunk cross-sectional area. The best 2 seedling trees were far superior to the rest and about as fruitful as the best clone; the latter attained an aggregate crop of 3320 fruits and a trunk cross-sectional area of 1560 cm², against average values of 1765 fruits and 1580 cm² for the other grafted clones. Differences between clones were large but not consistent.