Influence of girdling on stimulation of flowering and yield in mango (CV. Alphonso) in hard lateritic rocky areas

The investigations, conducted during the year 2018-19 at Mango Research Sub-Centre, Rameshwar, Tal. Deogad, Dist. Sindhudurg (Maharashtra), located on hard lateritic rocky area, with five girdling time treatments viz., girdling in second fortnight of August (T₁), girdling in first fortnight of September (T₂), girdling in second fortnight of September (T₃), girdling in first fortnight of October (T₄) and control (no girdling) (T₅), showed early initiation of flowering at 43^rd standard meteorological week with maximum flowering intensity (63.75%) and highest hermaphrodite flower (9.40%) when girdling was done in first fortnight of September (T₂). This treatment also recorded highest number of fruits (149.25 fruits tree^-1), yield kg tree^-1 (32.68) and t/ha^-1 (3.27) than against lowest of 101.25, 22.31 and 2.23 of the respective parameters in the control.