Characterization and flowering behaviour of several mango cultivars.
Avilán L., Dorantes I., Rodríguez M., Arellano J.
Author Affiliation: FONAIAP Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias, Maracay 2101, Aragua, Venezuela.
Agronomía Tropical (Maracay) 48 : 69-82
Abstract : The panicles of 21 cultivars from the mango collection of the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (CENIAP), Maracay, Venezuela were classified according to morphology, flower number and sex, position of fertile pistil and flowering intensity. Flower numbers ranged from 601 in cv. Haden to 4859 in cv. Irwin. With the exception of 3 cultivars with a fertile flower percentage of ?4%, the potential fruit yield was high. Flowering period averaged ~ 6 weeks, commencement coinciding with the end of the rainy season. For most cultivars flowering commenced in the first half of December and continued until the latter part of January with maximum flowering intensity in the 3rd and 4th weeks of January.