Effects of panicle thinning on vegetative and blooming behaviour of mango (Mangifera indica L.) cv. Langra.
Khurram Ziaf, Chaudhary M. I., Raheel Anwar
Author Affiliation: Institute of Horticultural Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences 41 : 72-75
Abstract : An experiment was conducted on mango cv. Langra in Faisalabad, Pakistan, during 2001-02. Different types of panicles (healthy, malformed, barren and lately barren) were thinned on different dates to minimize alternate bearing by enhancing early vegetative growth, and to lessen the intensity of malformation. The healthy panicles were thinned on 15 March, 30 March and 15 April 2001; malformed and barren panicles on 30 March, 15 April and 30 April 2001; and the lately barren panicles on 15 April, 30 April and 15 May 2001. Early thinning of all types of panicles increased early flushing and these early flushes flowered in the next season. Number of flushes was higher in the treated terminals than in the untreated ones. Thinning of malformed panicles enhanced flushing and reduced reproductive malformation during the next year by producing healthy panicles compared to untreated ones. Thinning of healthy panicles was, however, more conducive to increase the number of flushes of large size, early in the season, as well as flowering in the next season.