TITLE:
Growth and Flowering of Five Mango Cultivar under Subtropics Conditions of Brazil
AUTHORS:
Andréa Carvalho da Silva, Adilson Pacheco de Souza, Sarita Leonel, Manoel Euzébio de Souza, Dayana Portes Ramos, Adriana Aki Tanaka
KEYWORDS:
Mangifera indica L.; Phenology; Environmental Factors
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Plant Sciences,
Vol.5 No.3,
February
11,
2014
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.