Report on the Egyptian mango industry.
Knight R. J. Jr.
Author Affiliation: University of Florida, IFAS, 18905 S.W. 280 Street, Homestead, FL 33031, USA.
Proceedings of the Interamerican Society for Tropical Horticulture 39 : 141-144
Abstract : Mango production in Egypt is discussed, including information on area planted (~17?238 ha), yields (the 1992 harvest reached just over 10 t/ha), markets (most Egyptian mangoes are consumed within the country, although some are exported to the Persian Gulf states), cultivars (mostly polyembryonic types selected in Egypt; most have a green or greenish-yellow external colour, with strong-flavoured pulp that usually has little disagreeable fibre), malformation caused by the fungus Fusarium subglutinans [Gibberella fujikuroi var. subglutinans] (some growers control this by cutting out the infected tissues and burning them), nutritional deficiencies (especially Zn, Fe and Mn) associated with the strongly alkaline Egyptian soils (pH 7.5-8.0), and pruning.