Physico-chemical studies of some important mango varieties of Madhya Pradesh.
Rajendra Kumar, Patel M. P., Bose U. S., Tripathi S. K.
Author Affiliation: J. N. K. V. V. College of Agriculture, Rewa - 486 001 (M. P.), India.
Crop Research (Hisar) 22 : 38-42
Abstract : The physico-chemical characteristics of twenty mango cultivars were studied in Madhya Pradesh, India during 1998-99. The highest fruit yield (68.20 kg per tree), fruit weight (291.150 g), specific gravity (1.07) and pulp percentage (78.01%) were recorded for Bangalora, Banraj, Mankurad and Alphanso, respectively. Neelum and Zardalu possessed the highest stone percentage (19.75 and 19.61, respectively), while the pulp/peel ratio (6.78) was highest in Alphanso. Dashehari exhibited the highest amount of total sugar (21.20%), nonreducing sugar (15.17%) and total soluble solids (925.75%), while Langra had the highest reducing sugar content (6.30%). Acidity was highest in Suvaranrekha and Krishnabhog (0.51%). The specific gravity of fruits was positively associated with stone and peel percentage and negatively correlated with the pulp percentage. Positive correlations were observed among nonreducing sugar, total sugar and total soluble solids. Total sugars were positively associated with total soluble solids.