FLOWER FORCING TECHNOLOGY FOR OFF SEASON MANGO PRODUCTION

Abstract

An experiment was accomplished in the Roof top of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University during the period of July, 2018 to January, 2019 to adopt flower forcing technology for off season mango production. Four treatments viz. No chemical application (T 0 ), 1g PBZ/L water (T 1 ), 0.5g PBZ/L water (T 2 ), 0.25g PBZ/L water were studied in this experiment following completely randomized design with six replications (CRD). Data on flowering and fruit related parameter were taken and significant variation was observed with different treatments. Among them, maximum inflorescence number/plant (8.7), fruit number/inflorescence (4.5), fruit number/plant (30.8), harvested fruits/plant (8.3), fruit length (11.7 cm), single fruit weight (273.8 g) and yield/plant (2.3 kg) was found in T 2 treatment whereas maximum days required to first flowering (100.0 days), minimum inflorescence number/plant (3.2), fruit number/inflorescence (3.0), fruit number/plant (12.3) recorded in T 3 treatment and no flowering observed in control. So, it can be concluded that, significant treatment effects were observed on different parameters and T 2 treatment (0.5g PBZ/L water) gave best results. Therefore, it can also be articulated that a new flower forcing technology is developed and it will be potential for off season mango production.