Observations on the flowering, fruit set and fruit characteristics of 10 mango varieties.
Ma WeiHong, Xie JiangHui
Author Affiliation: South Subtropical Crop Research Institue, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Science, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China.
South China Fruits 30 : 24-25, 33
Abstract : Since 1998, flowering habit, hermaphrodite flower rate, fruit set percentage and fruit characteristics were observed and evaluated systematically in 12-year-old trees of 10 mango varieties grafted onto Yuexi 1 rootstock. Tainong 1 and Rexuan 4 had the highest frequency of hermaphrodite flowers (around 50%). The number of flowers per inflorescence among the 10 varieties ranged from 1200 to 10?480, while fruit set percentage was only 0.07-1.12%. The best varieties for commercial cultivation were judged to be Mallika (from India), Jinhuangmang and Rexuan 4, all of which are late flowering, with a high frequency of hermaphrodite flowers and high production. Jinhuangmang produced the largest fruits (917 g).