1Department of Forest Biology and Tree Improvement, College of Forestry, University of Agricultural Sciences, Sirsi-581401, Dharwad-580001, Karnataka, India
2Bioversity International-Nepal Office, Dharahara, Pokhara-11, Nepal
3ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bengaluru-560089, Karnataka, India
4Bioversity International, Rome, Italy
*Author for Correspondence: E-mail: vasudevar@uasd.in
Aromatic pickle mango (locally called ‘Appemidi’) is a special type of mango (Mangifera indica L.) harvested and semi-domesticated from riverine habitats of the central Western Ghats, India. Recently, it has been provided with the geographical indication (GI) tag. These types are recognized by the local people based on their aroma and taste apart from fruit shape and size. In spite of its commercial importance, there are very few attempts to formally characterize these types for further use. Twelve farmers’ identified varieties collected from a fifteen year-old mango orchard were characterized adopting standard mango descriptors developed by the IPGRI. In the present study 12 varieties of aromatic pickle mango were characterized through a set of distinguishing traits and delineated adopting simple forking method to individual varieties unambiguously.
Appemidi, Aromatic pickle mango, Descriptors, Farmers’ varieties, Morphological traits
