Mango is an exotic fruit with more than 4500 varieties having different colors, aroma, taste, flavor and nutrition contents. Mango is God’s gift to India and is adored as national fruit. It has been cultivated from ancient times and propagated to various parts of the world in the last 500 years. Though India had 3000 varieties of mangoes, due to negligence and various other reasons, many local varieties have become extinct. They are replaced by grafted and hybrid varieties with better quality and regular higher yields. Though India’s production is highest in the world (55%), it is at the bottom in exporting. The modern cultivation techniques, tree and crop protection, harvesting skills, post-harvesting procedures, and export procedures are yet to reach the growers. Today, The Central and state governments, and their agencies are paying more attention to mango field to improve farmers’ and national earnings.
This book “A treatise on...