Effect of inter-varietal crosses and open pollination on fruit set in certain cultivars of mango.
Narayana Swamy P., Thimmaraju K. R., Sunder Raj N.
Author Affiliation: University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore 560?065, India.
: 142-144
Abstract : The fruit set of cultivars Mallika, Dashehari, Langra, Alphonso and Pairi pollinated by (i) open pollination, (ii) Bombay Green or (iii) one of the same 5 cultivars, was determined. As pollinators, Bombay Green gave the best, and Pairi the worst fruit set. Langra and Alphonso gave the best fruit set under open pollination, and Langra was the most self-fertile cultivar.