Author(s):

SV Sawant, KN Dahatonde and PN Gajbhiye

Abstract: Sixteen Mango varieties studied at Zonal Agricultural Research Station, Sub-montane Zone, Shenda Park Farm, Kolhapur from 2015-16 to 2017 - 2018 on fourteen years old mango garden having cultivars like Karel, Ratna, Vellai Kolamban, Amrapalli, Alphanso, Dudhpedha, Sindhu, Kokan Ruchi, Kesar, Fernandin, Vanraj, Goa Mankur, Suvarnarekha, Pairi, Mallika and Creeping planted at spacing of 10 x 10 m to evaluate their performance for growth and yield parameters. Analysis of three years pooled data revealed that Pairi has significantly highest plant height (7.5m) and maximum tree spread in E-W (6.3 m) and N-S directions (7.6 m) amongst all the varieties of mango. The variety Keshar recorded highest number of fruits/ tree (201) and maximum yield of 43.28 kg/tree amongst all the varieties of mango. During early productive phase it can be concluded that among varieties Keshar was found to perform better than the rest of the varieties for better production.

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