Progressive Horticulture
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 45
  • Issue: 2

Report on vivipary in mango (Mangifera indica L.)

  • Author:
  • Jitendra Singh, P.S. Chauhan
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Page Number: 381 to 382

College of Horticulture and Forestry, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology Campus, Jhalarapatan, Jhalawar-326 023, Rajasthan, India

*Email: jsingh_rau2s@rediffmail.com

Online published on 27 November, 2013.

Abstract

Vivipary is of unusual occorrence in mango. In viviparic fruits, seeds germinate inside while still they remain attached with fruits. Such fruits hold normal appeal. If cut exposed, the germinated seeds inside the fruit look very clearly. It has adverse influence on marketing of the fruits. There is need to manage teh environemt to curtail the occurrence of vivipary.

Keywords

Mango, seed, vivipary