Growth and Flowering of Five Mango Cultivar under Subtropics Conditions of Brazil

Abstract

The evaluation of the new cultivars adaptation and yield potential of Mangifera indica L. provides tools to assist and improve the mango production in different climates conditions. This study aimed to evaluate the phenological and reproductive development of five mango cultivars (Bourbon, Haden, Palmer, Parwin and Tommy Atkins), on climate conditions in dry land and four production cycles (from 08/2007 to 01/2011), at S?o Manuel, S?o Paulo state, Brazil. The variables were total plant height, trunk height, stem diameter and the first insertion diameter, fruits physical characteristics, yield and harvest period, flowering seasonality and morphological characterization of the inflorescences. It was found that the four-year-old plants of Haden cv. reach 4.0 m high and 0.20 m of trunk diameter. Bourbon cultivar had the highest flowering period, from April to October. Tommy Atkins cv. had productivities of 14779.07 kg·ha-1 in the fourth cycle and the productivity of Bourbon, Haden and Palmer cultivars was alternated.

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A. Silva, A. Souza, S. Leonel, M. Souza, D. Ramos and A. Tanaka, "Growth and Flowering of Five Mango Cultivar under Subtropics Conditions of Brazil," American Journal of Plant Sciences, Vol. 5 No. 3, 2014, pp. 393-402. doi: 10.4236/ajps.2014.53052.

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