Proper management needed for mango flower protection
BSS, Rajshahi :
Proper and sustainable management has become an urgent need to save mango flower and fruit from premature dropping as the gardeners and businessmen suffer a lot due to the problem.
Scientists and researchers concerned viewed that premature flower and fruit drop is a nightmare for the gardener and they can check the problem to some extent through following some prescribed guidelines properly.
To address the problem, the field level agricultural extension and research officials, farmers and other concerned should work together and promote modern technologies in this connection.
“We are working intensively for sustainable management of flower and fruit dropping of mango,” said Dr Alim Uddin, Principal Scientific Officer of Fruit Research Station (FRS) in Rajshahi.
Horticulture Research Center (HRC) of Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI) has been implementing a project with financial support from Krishi Gobeshona Foundation (KGF) since last year.
Under the scheme, field level agricultural extension officials and farmers are being brought under proper training and motivation on how they can address the problem.
Dr Modan Gopal Saha, Chief Scientific Officer and Head of HRC, said flower and fruit drop in such plants especially mango can be attributed to many causes both physical and pathological. Sudden changes in temperature or humidity, poor nutrition management, hormonal imbalance, improper soil moisture are the physiological causes and fungal infections lead to pathological fruit drop.
Incidence of insect pest attack is another cause, he mentioned.
Dr Modan Mohan said mango trees do best in warm climates such as those found in subtropical and tropical locations. However, an established mango tree generally can survive temperatures at about 25 degrees Fahrenheit for a few hours.
The best way to prevent fruit dropping caused by temperature is to plant mangoes in the area where suitable weather prevails.
Proper and sustainable management has become an urgent need to save mango flower and fruit from premature dropping as the gardeners and businessmen suffer a lot due to the problem.
Scientists and researchers concerned viewed that premature flower and fruit drop is a nightmare for the gardener and they can check the problem to some extent through following some prescribed guidelines properly.
To address the problem, the field level agricultural extension and research officials, farmers and other concerned should work together and promote modern technologies in this connection.
“We are working intensively for sustainable management of flower and fruit dropping of mango,” said Dr Alim Uddin, Principal Scientific Officer of Fruit Research Station (FRS) in Rajshahi.
Horticulture Research Center (HRC) of Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI) has been implementing a project with financial support from Krishi Gobeshona Foundation (KGF) since last year.
Under the scheme, field level agricultural extension officials and farmers are being brought under proper training and motivation on how they can address the problem.
Dr Modan Gopal Saha, Chief Scientific Officer and Head of HRC, said flower and fruit drop in such plants especially mango can be attributed to many causes both physical and pathological. Sudden changes in temperature or humidity, poor nutrition management, hormonal imbalance, improper soil moisture are the physiological causes and fungal infections lead to pathological fruit drop.
Incidence of insect pest attack is another cause, he mentioned.
Dr Modan Mohan said mango trees do best in warm climates such as those found in subtropical and tropical locations. However, an established mango tree generally can survive temperatures at about 25 degrees Fahrenheit for a few hours.
The best way to prevent fruit dropping caused by temperature is to plant mangoes in the area where suitable weather prevails.
