Pre-harvest Fruit Drop in Darjeeling Mandarin: Its Causes and Strategies for Organic Management- A review

Darjeeling Mandarin (Citrus reticulata Blanco) is one of the important cash crops of the hills. There are severe economic losses in yield of the crop just before harvest known as Pre-harvest fruit drop. These dropped fruits are unfit for human consumption. This article covers the reason behind preharvest fruit drops and also gives management for control of fruit drop. So that farmers and the scientific community can minimize or control the fruit drop.